Rob Knox murderer jailed for life

The killer of Harry Potter actor Rob Knox has been jailed for life.

Karl Bishop will serve a minimum of 20 years, the Old Bailey heard.

Rob Knox, 18, from Maidstone Road, on the border of Swanley and Bexley, died after he was stabbed five times outside the Metro Bar in Sidcup in May last year.

Karl Bishop, who is 22 and from Sidcup, killed him and lashed out at five other youths in an act of revenge. He was convicted by a jury at the Old Bailey.

Mr Knox had just finished filming Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, which is due out this summer.

Bishop, who smirked in the dock as the sentence was passed, was also given three further concurrent life sentences for wounding Mr Knox's friends.

Speaking after the verdict, Mr Knox's dad Colin said: "We are enormously relieved that justice has been done, but there is nothing that can compensate for the shattering sense of loss we are all sharing."

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Suspect Held in 'Harry Potter' Actor's Death (Rob Knox)

PlusSuspect Held in 'Harry Potter' Actor's DeathSuspect Held in 'Harry Potter' Actor's DeathThe Associated PressPolice say a British teenage actor playing a minor role in the upcoming 'Harry Potter' film was stabbed to death during a brawl in London early Saturday. (May 26)Tributes are pouring in for a teenage actor who was stabbed to death outside this south London bar. Robert Knox, who has a minor role in the new Harry Potter movie, was caught up in a fight just after midnight Saturday. The 18-year-old was one of five young men taken to nearby hospitals after the brawl. SOT: "I knew he was serious because he looked into my eyes and said 'Callum, I need help, I need you to help me.' I sat him down and I laid him on the floor. I laid him down. I was just holding his hand, holding his head in my hands. I was trying to talk to him, keep him calm."Callum Turner, friend Police say a 21-year-old is being held on suspicion of murder. And said the fight didn't appear to be gang-related. But it's raising concern because this is the 14th violent teen death so far this year. SOT: "People running round with knives. They don't realise the value of life - sickening. That's someone's life, that's a boy's life. Callum Turner, friend Knox plays Ravenclaw student Marcus Belby in the upcoming film "harry Potter and the half-blood prince." The sixth installment of the wildly popular series is due out this fall. Warner

 Brothers says it's shocked by the tragedy. 

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A primary school head teacher is banning pupils from reading the best-selling Harry Potter children's books because she says they go against the Bible's teachings. 

The books, by the Edinburgh-based author JK Rowling, tell the tales of a young, orphaned wizard, and are a hit with large numbers of children.


JK Rowling says her books are ""very moral""

But Carol Rookwood, head of St Mary's Island Church of England Aided School in Chatham, Kent, says the nature of the stories does not fit in with the school's ""church ethos"".
She says pupils' parents are fully supporting her decision.

""As a head teacher I have a responsibility to ensure that we give the children the best that we possibly can.

""We are a Church of England aided primary school which means the church ethos is very important to what we do,"" she said.

""The Bible is very clear and consistent in its teachings that wizards, devils and demons exist and are very real, powerful and dangerous, and God's people are told to have nothing to do with them.

""It is not just books by one author, but a range of books, videos and TV programmes that portray witches and wizards as fantasy, imaginary, fun and harmless, but that's not what the Bible says.""




Carol Rookwood: ""Wizards, devils and demons are dangerous""

Mrs Rookwood admitted the school owned sets of Harry Potter books, but said the governors, staff and herself had agreed they were not the sort of books they wanted to make freely available to their pupils.
She said pupils had studied The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis, but that that book was ""not a problem"" because it shows an evil witch who is overcome by the powers of good.

""I am not aware of any parents who disagree. Some have said they don't agree with my reasons but applaud the responsible stance we are taking,"" she added.

The National Secular Society reacted angrily to the ban.

NSS general secretary Keith Porteous Wood said: ""Children's imaginations have been nourished for centuries with stories of wizards, witches and fairies.

""In this age of declining literacy, banning popular children's books is doing pupils a great disservice."""

 

Rob Knox in our Memory

Robert Knox Harry Potter actor Tribute
A tribute for Robert Knox
Rob Knox, an 18-year-old actor set to appear in the next Harry Potter film, was fatally stabbed outside a London bar 2008
his life was cut short but we will never for get him .....night night angel
this is a small tribute rip mate xxx
my love go,s out to his family & all his friends. i hope the dirt that did this never walks free, & to rob the uk loves you and we will never forget you rip.