Amir Khan describes armed theft of £70k watch as ‘very, very scary’

Olympic silver medallist Amir Khan had his £70,000 custom-made Franck Muller watch stolen in Leyton in April 2022. Four young men from north London stand accused of conspiracy to robbery. Photograph: Jeff Moore/PA

The former world boxing champion Amir Khan has described looking down the barrel of a gun – as an armed robber forced him to hand over his £70,000 diamond-encrusted watch – as scarier than anything he has faced in the ring.

The 2004 Olympic silver medallist told a court that he could hear his wife, Faryal Makhdoom, “screaming and crying” next to him as the robber pointed a gun at his face and said: “Take off the watch.”