Rob Knox, an English actor born on August 21, 1989, was tragically murdered on May 24, 2008, outside the Metro Bar in Sidcup, Southeast London. He was stabbed to death while protecting his 17-year-old brother, Jamie, who was being threatened by a man armed with two kitchen knives. The attacker, Karl Norman Bishop, was 22 years old at the time of the incident. Knox had recently finished filming his role as Marcus Belby in the movie 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,' and his appearance in the film was posthumous. Bishop was charged with the murder, found guilty on March 4, 2009, and received a life sentence with a minimum of 20 years before being considered for parole. Notably, Bishop showed no remorse for the crime. Knox's death attracted widespread attention in the British press, and an annual film festival, the Rob Knox Film Festival, was established in his memory to support young local people in the arts.
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