Khan: gunpoint robbery scarier than boxing ring

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.

Snaresbrook Crown Court heard how Khan was forced to hand over his diamond-encrusted Franck Muller watch worth between £60,000 to £70,000, by alleged gunman Dante Campbell, 20, who pleads not guilty.

The trial continues.