People started fights in cafes but terrifying gunpoint robbery was last straw, I had to leave UK, says Amir Khan
People started fights in cafes but terrifying gunpoint robbery was last straw, I had to leave UK, says Amir Khan
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AMIR KHAN'S gunpoint robbery was so horrifying he no longer lives in the UK anymore. Khan - one of Britain's best and most beloved boxers - had a £72,000 watch snatched off him in the streets of East London in April 2022. A gun was pointed at Khan's face - in front of terrified wife Faryal - before robbers demanded his Franck Muller Vanguard Chronograph watch.
![[Two people fighting in a blurry security camera image.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/NINTCHDBPICT000967158181.jpg?strip=all&w=768)
Two men - Dante Campbell and Ahmed Bana - later pleaded guilty to conspiracy to rob and possession of an imitation firearm. Bana was jailed for nine years and eight months - while Campbell was locked up for seven years and nine months. The watch was also returned by police.
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But the attack was so frightening that Khan relocated to Dubai with his wife and three kids - Lamaisah, ten, Alayna, six and Muhammad Zaviyar, four. Khan, 38, told SunSport in the UAE: "Look, I can walk around wearing anything, doing anything. "I can leave my car door open it's just so much safer here. I think the law is much more strict, I think people like us need that.
![[Man in black shirt and gray pants standing by an orange car.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/ee7b5cdd-ef5c-4bc3-981b-d918084eb657.jpg?strip=all&w=597)
"Look, I've been to cafes, to places where people have started fights and they've said something and before you know it there's a gang of people outside. "I don't need that in my life - I'm a retired fighter. I've been fighting all my life, there's no point starting fights on the streets or getting into problems.
![[Amir Khan standing between a white Porsche and an orange Lamborghini.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Screenshot-2025-01-27-at-18.19.22.png?strip=all&w=597)
"Then the gun crime happened, I just wanted to give the watch away and said, 'There you go, what do you want? Do you want the watch? There you go, take it.'. "It's no skin off my nose. I got the watch back and the poor guys got around 12 years each between four of them. Look, it is what it is, the law alway catches up on you.
![[Boxer Amir Khan with his three children at home.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/boxer-amir-khan-children-l-805541790.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
