Why the UK Needs the Death Penalty

From MailOnline, London, UK

Revealed: Police blunders that left knife thug free to murder Harry Potter actor

By Julie Moult
Last updated at 11:39 PM on 04th March 2009

A serial knife attacker was found guilty yesterday of murdering teenage Harry Potter actor Robert Knox.

Cannabis addict Karl Bishop, 22, refused to hear the jury's verdicts at the Old Bailey.

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After carrying out his threat at the Metro Bar, Bishop was overpowered by onlookers. Cut and bruised, he begged police to protect him from the angry crowd. But as he was led away, he winked and smirked.

Later that evening, he came face to face with some of his victims in hospital and hurled a volley of abuse in which he threatened to rape their relatives. He told a police officer to take him straight to Belmarsh prison, saying: 'I'm going down anyway. I don't mind, I get gym every day, meals, just take me there.'

His reaction to learning that Rob had died was: 'Yeah, sweet.'

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