THE Rob Knox trial jury has retired to reach a verdict on whether the teenager was murdered by 21-year-old Karl Bishop.

Bishop is accused at the Old Bailey of murdering Mr Knox and stabbing five others with two knives outside the Metro Bar, Station Road, Sidcup, on May 24 last year.

Mr Knox received five stab wounds during a melee outside the bar, one of which was fatal.

The defendant claims he was acting in self-defence and had been beaten up by Mr Knox and his friends twice already.

Bishop, of Beaver Lodge, Carlton Road, Sidcup, denies murder and five counts of wounding with intent.