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October 7, 2026

Stabbed at 17 on a dancefloor: a father’s fight against knife crime

For Martin, every conversation about the show, every school visit, every statistic cited is part of the same promise. “Part of that promise was that nobody would forget him,” he said of Charlie. “And that will never, ever happen. We will never allow him to be forgotten.”

Charlie Cosser’s story is not a fictional drama. It is the lived reality of a family that has spent two years turning the worst moment of their lives into a warning for others. Martin’s promise, made at his son’s bedside, has already reached nearly 20,000 young people — and he has no intention of stopping.

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