HARRY POTTER star ROBERT KNOX was stabbed to death defending his brother from a convicted knife offender, a U.K. court has heard.
The 18-year-old, who appears as Marcus Belby in the forthcoming film Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince, died from multiple stab wounds following an altercation in Kent, England in May (08).
Karl Bishop, 21, stands accused of stabbing the aspiring actor five times outside a local bar.
It was Knox’s “courage and sense of duty” to his younger brother, 17-year-old Jamie, who had earlier been threatened at knifepoint, that cost him his life, the Old Bailey court in London was told on Monday (09Feb09).
Prosecutors alleged that five other teenagers were seriously injured trying to restrain the attacker as he “lunged and swung” two kitchen knives at them.
It is reported the tragedy followed a series of altercations, including an incident at the same venue the previous week, after which Bishop allegedly promised revenge against Knox and his pals, saying, “I’m going to come back and someone’s going to die.”
Prosecuting attorney Brian Altman told the court room, “Rob was just one of a number of young people who over the past year or so have fallen victim to knife crime in London.
“He was particularly unfortunate because he fell victim to a young man who was not only an habitual knife carrier but also someone who would quite happily deploy and use knives as weapons, two in this case, to settle scores. That is precisely what happened here.”
Bishop denies murder and five charges of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm to five other youths, claiming he was acting in self-defence.
The case continues.
Source: hollywoodupclose
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