Harry Potter actor's murderer gets life sentence

The man convicted for murdering the Rob Knox, the teenage actor of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, has been sentenced to life after being convicted for the crime.

The 18-year-old Knox, who had played the part of Marcus Belby in Harry Potter film, was stabbed five times outside a London nightclub last May. He later died in hospital.

The incident happened after the actor stepped in to protect his younger brother Jamie, who he heard had been threatened by 22-year-old Karl Bishop.

At the time of the attack, police were investigating Bishop for another knifepoint robbery and burglary.

Sentencing Bishop, Judge David Bean said, "I do not think it is proved that you intended to kill Rober Knox. The truth is that you simply could not care less whether you killed him or not. Your lack of regret, let alone remorse, was truly chilling."

On the night of the stabbing, Bishop said, he had not wanted to go back there but was persuaded to by his friends. He said he was "merry drunk". After getting into another fight, he went back to his home to fetch two knives.

He told the court: "I took two because two was scarier than one and I was angry at that time. I just wanted to scare whoever was down there. I wasn't really thinking that straight at the time because I was so angry, pissed off."