Former boxing champion Amir Khan has arrived at court to give evidence in the trial over his robbery.
An alleged mugger denied involvement in the plot to steal a boxing champion’s £72,000 diamond-encrusted watch and claimed he only went to the same restaurant to eat.
The 2004 Olympic silver medalist will describe how he was confronted by a gunman after he left a restaurant in London in April last year.
The 36-year-old had been dining with his wife Faryal Makhdoom and his friend Omar Khalid at the Sahara Grill in Leyton, east London.
Amir Khan, 36, a 2004 Olympic silver medalist, arriving at Snaresbrook Crown Court to give evidence
The former boxing world champion was robbed of his diamond-encrusted watch at gunpoint as he left a restaurant with his wife Faryal Makhdoom, 31, (right), the court heard yesterday
The gunman yelled at Mr Khan: ‘Take off the watch!’
The boxer handed over the £72,000 Franck Muller Vanguard Chronograph and the robber fled.
Ahmed Bana, Nurul Amin and Ismail Mohammed, all 25, deny conspiracy to commit robbery while jurors heard Dante Campbell, 21, has previously admitted to being the gunman.
CCTV footage played to jurors at Snaresbrook Crown Court showed Mr Khan and his wife dining at the restaurant before the robbery.
Amin and Mohammed were said to be ‘spotters’ who sat at a table a few feet away from the couple and Mr Khalid.
Mohammed took a phone call in the restaurant, with records suggesting it was from Bana.
As the Khans left the restaurant, Amir stopped to greet some people outside the restaurant.
CCTV shows the former light-welterweight world champion leaving the restaurant and the moment Campbell ran at him.
Campbell gets out of a Mercedes driven by Bana with an unknown male.
Philip Evans KC, prosecuting, said: .’You can see Campbell waving a gun at Mr Khan and his wife.’
In the second day of the trial Mr Evans said a balaclava and black sports gloves were found in Amin’s bedroom.
He said it matched ‘exactly’ the clothing worn by one of the males seen on CCTV.
Bana and Amin were both arrested on 22 June 2022 while Mohammed was arrested on 20 July.
During interview Mohammed told police: ‘I went to Sahara Grill Restaurant with Nurul Amin and Hamza Kulane as it was Ramadan and they wanted to break fast.
‘Whilst in the restaurant we noticed people taking photographs with someone in the restaurant.
‘I did not know who the man was but found out from the others that he was a pro boxer Amir Khan.
‘Others had posted Snapchat stories of being in there with Amir Khan.
‘When we finished eating we wanted to smoke a joint so went to Nurul’s car to park up on a side road so that we could smoke. At this time I did not know anyone had been robbed.
‘It is only later when I met with Ahmed that I found out what happened, but Ahmed told me he had nothing to do with the robbery.
‘I did not have any involvement in a plan to rob. I did not agree anyone should be robbed and I certainly did not call Ahmed or anyone to come and rob any person.’
Jurors were told Campbell, of Hornsey has admitted conspiracy to commit robbery and possession of an imitation firearm.
Bana, of Hale Gardens, Tottenham, Amin, of Cavendish Road, Finsbury Park, and Mohammed, of Edmonton, all deny conspiracy to commit robbery.
Bana also denies having an imitation firearm.
The former boxer’s watch was specially commissioned and has not been recovered.
Khan and Makhdoom married in New York in 2013 and have three children.
The trial continues with Amir Khan expected to give evidence later today.
He will describe to the court how he was confronted by a gunman after he left a restaurant in London in April last year
Khan was targeted for his £72,000 Franck Muller Vanguard Chronograph as he dined with Faryal and friend Omar Khalid at the Sahara Grill in Leyton, east London
Amir Khan and his wife Faryal Makhdoom at Indigo at the O2 in London in 2019
