Tributes paid to Potter actor
2008-05-26 16:15
London - Tributes poured in on Sunday for
a teenage actor who was stabbed to death during a fight outside
a pub that left three other men with serious knife wounds.
Robert Knox, 18, was fatally wounded during the "large
disturbance" outside the Metro Bar on Station Road, Sidcup,
Kent, in the early hours of Saturday morning.
Friends and relatives left bunches of flowers outside the
bar, and a stream of messages were posted on social networking website Facebook and the internet Movie Database website.
The teenager had a small part in the forthcoming film Harry
Potter And The Half-Blood Prince.
His parents Sally and Colin Knox, of Maidstone Road, Sidcup,
said in a statement: "Rob was kind and thoughtful and would
always help out others - he would always spend his last penny
on other people instead of himself.
"The life and soul of the party, he was very outgoing, loved
sports, and would always strike up a conversation with people.
"He was respectful to others and adored by all his family
and friends. He was (an) asset to the family."
Stabbed in the neck
Three of his friends also sustained serious injuries in the
incident: a 21-year-old was stabbed in the neck, a 16-year-old
in the chest and a third man, aged in his late teens or early
20s, sustained stab wounds to his hand.
The 21-year-old is still receiving hospital treatment, while
the other two have been discharged.
A fifth man, 21, was taken to hospital suffering facial
injuries. He was later discharged, and has been arrested on
suspicion of murder.
Scotland Yard said they did not believe the incident to be
gang-related.
Knife crime has blighted London in recent months.
Earlier this month, a man was knifed to death on Oxford
Street, one of the busiest shopping areas in the country, and
16-year-old Jimmy Mizen died after his throat was slashed after
declining to become involved in a fight with a man in a bakery.