Haunting family drawing by young girl in tribute to dad ‘stabbed in the throat by moped muggers when he refused to hand over £5,000 Rolex watch’
The heartbreaking drawing was left at the spot where tragic Danny Pearce was killed as he walked home from a jazz bar with his girlfriend
MOPED robbers stabbed a dad to death after he refused to hand over his Rolex watch.
Danny Pearce, 31, was knifed in the neck after leaving a London bar.
Hours earlier actor Daniel Radcliffe helped a man slashed by moped robbers in Chelsea.
Builder Danny Pearce, 31, was stabbed on a night out with his girlfriend and pals.
He is the latest victim of moped muggers who are causing mayhem on London’s streets.
Danny had just left a jazz bar when two men on a moped demanded his watch at gunpoint.
At first, Danny thought it was a joke. But one of the pair — who wore black crash helmets — then stabbed him repeatedly in the neck with a large kitchen knife.
The pair tore the Rolex off Danny’s wrist as a woman screamed “no, no, no”.
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Witnesses said the robbers fired 12 shots from a pistol before riding off. It is not thought any of them hit dad-of-one Danny.
The attack happened in Greenwich, South East London, in the early hours of Saturday.
A friend, who laid flowers at the scene, said: “He was stabbed in the throat. They wanted his watch, I think it was expensive, about £5,000, it must have been a Rolex, and he had a good phone.
“They tried to take his stuff and there was a boy holding out a gun. Because he didn’t give it to them the other guy jumped off the moped and stabbed him.”
The pal pointed at a child’s picture among the flowers and said: “It’s the drawing from his daughter Gracie that makes me so sad.”
Bouquets, a Chelsea FC scarf and “daddy” balloons were attached to nearby railings.
Pal Ellen Mercieca, 40, said: “Danny liked his watches. He’d owned this one for quite a while. It was one of his favourites.”