Teenager, 17, laughs as he is jailed for 19 years for murder of boy, 16, who he ... trends now
A teenage killer who stabbed a boy in the back at a school bus stop laughed as he was handed a life sentence for murder.
Myglor Yambuya, 17, chased after Renell Charles and knifed him in the back outside Kelmscott School in Walthamstow, east London, on May 5 last year.
Yambuya was on bail at the time for threatening a moped rider with a machete. He also has convictions for assaulting a police officer who caught him damaging a bus shelter and possession of a machete in 2022.
Renell was a passionate campaigner against knife crime and had appeared in a video by the filmmaker Kay Rufai where he said innocent 'young black boys just like me' are getting killed as a result of increased violence.
Yambuya, who can now be named after a judge lifted an order on his anonymity, smirked as he was today handed a life sentence and ordered to serve a minimum of 19 years in jail.
Myglor Yambuya, 17, was today jailed for life for the murder of a schoolboy who he stabbed in the back at school bus stop
Renell Charles, 16, was stabbed to death close to Kelmscott School in Walthamstow in front of his fellow pupils on May 5
Renell is pictured appearing in a video by the filmmaker Kay Rufai about knife crime
Judge Murray Shanks told the smirking thug as he was jailed: 'This was a brutal murder in broad daylight in a busy London street.
'It seems that you believed you could do anything you pleased without any consideration of the consequences for others. I cannot be sure you intended to kill Renell when you stabbed him.
'But as I've described you plainly knew what you were doing and you must have known it involved the certainty of really serious injury and a very substantial risk of death.
'The consequences of what you did are truly appalling. You've taken away the life and the future of Renell at the age of 16.
'There's nothing I can add to the fulsome tributes paid by his parents and grandmother and by his headteacher which we've heard.
'You have left his family and friends and a whole community utterly bereft. The sense of loss, sadness and justifiable anger on the part of his parents and grandmother is palpable.
'You've contributed to an exaggerated and understandable sense of fear and insecurity which plagues our streets.
In CCTV footage of the horrific attack, Renell can be seen walking towards the bus stop with a group of friends
Myglor Yambuya is then seen getting out of a taxi just metres away from Renell
Yambuya then marches up to Renell while carrying the machete in his waist band
Yambuya can be seen her confronting Renell. Yambuya claimed that he and Renell then got into and fell on the floor before chasing after the 16-year-old and stabbing him
'You've contributed to an unfair perception of a generation of young men growing up in certain parts of London.
'You've brought misery and shame on your own family. You've pretty much ruined your own life for absolutely no discernible reason'.
Reading an impact statement earlier, Renell's mother Jenita Charles spoke through tears as she addressed Yambuya in the dock: 'Myglor Yambuya you were the darkness that met my beautiful boy.
'I am absolutely broken and forever changed because of Michael Yambuya's violent temperament. The finality of his death continues to shatter me a million times over.
'Renell spoke to me about boys like you. Having this need to ingratiate themselves with violent acts in order to gain acceptance with violent gangs.
'Renell would say it's all for clout and attention. Renell's family and friends and the wider community believe that you Myglor Yambuya murdered Renell because you were jealous of Renell's popularity status.
'Myglor Yambuya you mocked us with smirks and laughter
