“Harry Potter” actor Robert Knox, 18
Posted: Saturday, May 24th, 2008 8:13 pmA teenage actor who appears in the next Harry Potter film was stabbed to death trying to protect his younger brother from a knifeman yesterday.
Robert Knox, 18, who acted alongside Daniel Radcliffe in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, became the 28th teenager killed in Britain this year, and the 10th in London to die from stab wounds. …
Mr Knox, a grammar school boy, is understood to have been fatally stabbed after trying to save his 16-year-old brother, Jamie, from a man armed with two knives.
The man began attacking drinkers outside the Metro bar, next to Sidcup railway station, south-east London. Witnesses said that the attacker had earlier been thrown out by bouncers, but returned in the early hours with several friends.
Tarik Ozresberoglu, 17, a trainee steel worker, described how he tried to stem the flow of blood from Mr Knox’s wounds then rugby-tackled the attacker into submission.
He said that he was chatting to Rob when the attacker appeared. “He pulled out two wooden kitchen knives at least 6in long from his waistband, and said ‘Who’s going to make my day then?’ … Read full story
