![]() ![]() One tribute to the former Beths Grammar School pupil read: 'The flowers will die, the sun will set, you are someone I will never forget'. Yesterday, scores of friends laid flowers at the scene, near Sidcup rail station. However, he added that he had grown to become happy with his appearance. He said: 'They used to push me and beat me up in the corridor or outside in the school grounds. In 2004, Knox gave an interview to a national newspaper about how bullying over his weight had blighted his life and how he had learnt the importance of standing up to such people. I grabbed the knife I didn't know that he had another knife.'Īt least six others were hurt in the fight, including Nick Jones, 19, who was also stabbed in the hand, and Charlie Grimley, 17, who was stabbed in the cheek and arm.įriends said it was typical of Knox to risk his own safety to defend his brother. 'Rob was just trying to help out,' he said. Tom Hopkins, 18, who plays football for Southend United's youth team, said Knox was stabbed in the head as he struggled to pin down the attacker. Yesterday, less than 48 hours after the Home Office unveiled new measures to stem the wave of stabbings on Britain's streets, friends of Knox described how they struggled to hold down the attacker, who was carrying two knives, until the police arrived. Knox played for Sidcup Rugby Club, as did 'gentle giant' schoolboy Jimmy Mizen, 16, who was killed during an unprovoked attack in a baker's shop in nearby Lee a fortnight ago. He was respectful to others and adored by his family and friends.' The life and soul of the party, he was very outgoing, loved sports and would always strike up a conversation with people. Last night, Knox's parents, Sally and Colin Knox, said in a statement: 'Rob was kind and thoughtful and would always help out others - he would spend his last penny on other people instead of himself. Police were last night holding a 21-year-old man on suspicion of murder. He was stabbed outside the bar and pronounced dead soon after at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, south-east London, at about 1am yesterday. Knox is believed to have been attacked by a man carrying two knives after attempting to protect his 16-year-old brother Jamie who was threatened by a group of men inside the bar. The teenager had also appeared in the hit TV police drama series The Bill Knox plays Ravenclaw student Marcus Belby in the forthcoming movie Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, which is due for release this November. ![]()
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