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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Henry Vaughan

Amir Khan: Staring into robber’s gun was scarier than any of my fights

PA Wire

Former world boxing champion Amir Khan has told a court how looking down the barrel of a gun as he was robbed of his £70,000 watch was scarier than any of his fights.

The 2004 Olympic silver medallist, 36, said his wife, Faryal Makhdoom, 31, was “screaming and crying” when he was targeted as they left the Sahara Grill Restaurant in Leyton, east London, on April 18 last year.

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