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A man accused of stabbing an actor to death in a fight said he "had no other option" but to defend himself, the Old Bailey heard. | A man accused of stabbing an actor to death in a fight said he "had no other option" but to defend himself, the Old Bailey heard. |
Rob Knox was knifed during the fight outside the Metro Bar in Sidcup, south-east London, in May last year. | Rob Knox was knifed during the fight outside the Metro Bar in Sidcup, south-east London, in May last year. |
Karl Bishop, 21, accused of Mr Knox's murder, alleges he was defending himself from an attack by a group. | Karl Bishop, 21, accused of Mr Knox's murder, alleges he was defending himself from an attack by a group. |
Mr Bishop, from Carlton Road, Sidcup, denies murder and five charges of wounding with intent to cause GBH. | |
'Quite angry' | |
"From what I can remember I was always going backwards and just swinging and trying to keep people away from me but they just kept coming towards me," he said. | "From what I can remember I was always going backwards and just swinging and trying to keep people away from me but they just kept coming towards me," he said. |
There was no other option. They ran at me, they attacked me. They had me surrounded at one point so I couldn't go anywhere even if I wanted to Karl Bishop | |
"You wouldn't think people would run at someone who's got a knife. I didn't intend to wound anyone at all, but they attacked me. | "You wouldn't think people would run at someone who's got a knife. I didn't intend to wound anyone at all, but they attacked me. |
"There was no other option. They ran at me, they attacked me. They had me surrounded at one point so I couldn't go anywhere even if I wanted to." | "There was no other option. They ran at me, they attacked me. They had me surrounded at one point so I couldn't go anywhere even if I wanted to." |
He said that a week before Rob was killed, he had been punched to the floor and stamped on during a fight outside the Metro bar with a group of youths, before running off but being caught and being beaten up again. | |
On the night of the stabbing Mr Bishop said he was persuaded by his friends to go to the Metro bar. | |
He said he was attacked again when he got there and so went home to get two knives out of his kitchen drawer. | |
"I took two because two is scarier than one and I was angry at the time. I'd just been beaten up again - twice in two weeks," he said. | |
"My assumption was that it was the same people as it was the same place, so I was quite angry." | |
The trial continues. | The trial continues. |
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