Grinning teen with an unhealthy obsession with knives is jailed for life for murder after plunging Rambo-style blade through man’s chest

A Rambo -style knife with a knife stabbing a man with a violent obsession with a severe obsession with a troubled young murder was imprisoned for life.

Charles Hartle, who was 17 years old at that time, grinned before dipping the knife into Noah Smedley’s chest.

He was told that he would serve for at least 20 years after being imprisoned for life.

Derby Crown Court heard that Hartle had killed people with knives and killed the people he believed to be a rival, and that there was a dangerous obsession about gang culture.

In his social media accounts, such as Instagram, he published his images with knives and carried a Rambo -style knife for ‘Kudos and Bravado’ on a regular basis to show others that he was a ‘big man’.

He had rejected the murder, but he was found guilty after a two -week hearing. The jury members were told how it was’He grinned or smiled ‘intentionally before he targeted Mr. Smedley’s chest with a knife he kept on his tracksuit bottoms.

18 -year -old Smedley, who was on the street by those who tried to save him, died at the scene at Derbyshire, Ilkeston on the evening of December 28 last year.

Judge Shaun Smith Kc, who jailed him on Friday, said killing was another reminder of the ‘terrible knife crime epidemic’.

The court heard that Hartle wrote a rap song containing the line on the opps wearing a vest, because the judge said that he stated that ‘a very worrying side for you’.

Hakim Hartle told Hartle: ‘Your music and lyrics boast of having an experienced drug dealer and a gang.

‘They showed fatal weapons to kill others.’

‘One fatal coup, no provocation, no hesitation, you go out directly to the heart and again.’

CCTV images showed that Hartle holds a rambo -style knife before the attack

Noah Smedley in the picture died at the scene despite the efforts of passing by passing and medical officers.

The defendant, who bites glasses on the quay, a dark suit and a white shirt and a white shirt and his nails, did not show any feeling because he was sentenced to kill.

The court heard that Hartle was known to the police and the police who were called for the fixation of his own family and the defendant by the school by the school.

PRosutor Adrian Langdale Kc said: ‘At the end of 2024, the transportation and use of fatal weapons to injure and kill others became obsessed.’

The court heard that Hartle, who died at the age of 11, has been working as a ‘child slave’ since he was 12 years old and selling drugs for old gang members.

On the evening of the attack, Hartle and his friends were arranged to meet with Mr. Smedley, who came on an electric scooter at 20.15 and selling marijuana to them.

A few minutes after the agreement, he proceeded with Hart and pushed the knife to the victim’s chest before his friends and friends escaped.

CCTV, played during the hearing, showed that Mr. Smedley Steganger was on the road and collapsed.

Despite the efforts of the passing road and the efforts of the medical officials, it was announced that he had died at the scene after a short time.

Hartle then delivered herself and arrested on suspicion of murder

Hartle could be seen and heard by making a phone call on the camera, and the other person would tell the other person to take it off the speaker

The attack took place on 28 December last year with a knife hiding on the sweatpants bottoms.

The jury members were then told one of Hartle’s friends who were at the scene: ‘Charlie looked at Noah. At that time he pulled Balaclava up.

“ We didn’t realize that something would happen and they just looked at each other for a second.

“And then it happened, he took off his knife in a moment and stabbed Noah with him.”

Another witness said: ‘Charlie pulled Balaclava down to be on the mouth. He gave a huge smile like a full -toothed smile, stabbed Noah and escaped directly. ‘

Mr. Langdale Mr. Smedley said ‘absolutely didn’t do anything’ and he wasn’t armed.

“There was no good reason to kill him,” he said.

He described the murder as ‘a completely meaningless killing’.

Later, Hartle, who likes to go under the name of Lil Cee, was caught by CCTV, who escaped from the stage before buying a taxi to meet a house party at a home party, and told him what he was doing and produced the knife.

Then he went to Derby City Center before he threw his clothes, knife and phone before he delivered himself to the police.

Hartle chose not to give any evidence in his defense, but in a prepared statement to the police, he said he agreed to accept the injury in Mr. Smedley, but felt that he was acting in defense.

He said: ‘This has a history and noah and I did not continue.

“ Made many threats to me in the past and made humiliating comments. He threatened me with violence.

“ I was about to dive to me. In that divided seconds, I instinctively attacked with a knife I lived in defense. ‘

It took less than three hours for the jury members to find him guilty.

In December last year, Ilkeston, Murder Square Officers in Derbyshire

Peter Joyce KC said he was accepted as a victim of modern slavery by the authorities eight weeks before Hartle.

He said elderly men exploited him to sell drugs around Derbyshire and around him.

The lawyer ‘was enslaved under the bad influence of others, his mother died at the age of 11 and took part in the command of others until 12 and 13 and found with knives and drugs.

‘In this case, there is the clearest evidence that this child is a child slave.’

Mr. Joyce, ‘During his young years, until he committed this crime, the authorities and the authorities do not fully do nothing for him.

Nothing was done by local authority, police authority and education authority to prevent what happened. This was a very problematic child. ‘

In a statement of a victim’s effect, Mr. Smedley’s mother, Lucy Warner said: ‘My son is a pile of ash for no reason. My family is having an eternal nightmare. ‘

Noah’s grandfather, grandfather, father and two uncles said: ‘We heard stories about the stunning of the heart.

“ `Laughter and humor were contagious and it was always courtesy to imitate people.

‘Noah was 18 years old, happy, loud, cute knowledge. He spent time to try in his life and never used them as an excuse. We love you more than the words can say, Noah, we will carry you in our hearts forever. ‘

James Whyley of the Royal Prosecutor’s Office said, ‘This was a tragic and completely meaningless loss of life caused by the fixing of the defendant with gangs and knives.’

Detective Chief Inspector Claudia Musson from the East Midlands Special Operations Unit said: ‘Hartle has deliberately chose to carry a knife to this meeting and night actions are emotionless and calculated.

“It shows the efforts of overhauling evidence and trying to remove himself from the scene, his actions and a clear lack of regret for Noah’s family.

Noah was doing what many young men did that night and spent time with his friends. He showed no aggression against Hartle and did not threaten.

‘Nevertheless, Hartle has deliberately and coldly chose to finish his life only for reasons known by him.’