Killer with ‘unhealthy fascination’ with knives detained for at least 20 years
- Posted on August 22, 2025
- By Evening Standard
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Killer with ‘unhealthy fascination’ with knives detained for at least 20 years

Charles Hartle, then aged 17, smiled at 18-year-old Noah Smedley before stabbing him in the heart in a Derbyshire street days after Christmas.