00:00Up you go. Up you go. I called you out. Come on.
00:05This is the moment that Mark Jesse was arrested for the murder of Charlie Belsham.
00:10On the 1st of November 2025, Jesse confronted Charlie in the basement of a property in Castle Road, Chatham.
00:19This confrontation over a £10 mobile phone is believed to have led to Jesse stabbing the 43-year-old man.
00:27Jesse then fled the scene, taking the knife with him.
00:32Two days later, when police questioned him, he appeared perplexed by this arrest, claiming he heard rumours about the death.
00:40I'm happy to chat to you about anything. I've got nothing to hide, you know what I mean?
00:47I've heard all this f***ing rumours about a girl, about a boy.
00:51Okay, like I say, I don't need to put yourself in any...
00:54No, no, no, no.
00:55Say something that you might regret, so just...
00:57No, listen, I've got nothing to say like that or anything.
00:59Although Jesse later accepted responsibility for the stabbing,
01:03he claimed self-defence during his trial at Maidstone Crown Court, which lasted seven weeks,
01:10saying he acted out of instinct when he feared being hit by a hammer.
01:15After over 20 hours of deliberation, today, the jury found Jesse guilty of Charlie's murder.
01:22Oh, that's actually there, in that alleyway.
01:26Convicted alongside him was 41-year-old Ashley Robinson, who the jury unanimously found guilty after hearing he drove Jesse
01:34away from the scene and attempted to clear evidence.
01:37A third defendant, Shane Rule, was cleared of any involvement.
01:43CCTV footage shows Jesse and Mr Rule turning their jackets inside out, in what the prosecution called an act of
01:52subterfuge,
01:53which Mr Rule said he had done to avoid detection after being in a stolen car.
01:58Charlie Belgium's family were not in court for the verdict, but in a statement said,
02:04Charles was a wonderful son, kind, thoughtful and full of love.
02:09He brought light into our lives and that light has been cruelly taken from us.
02:15He will be missed every single day for the rest of our lives.
02:19Nayla Mohamed for KMTV in Chatham.
