Superdad fights off Rolex raiders

Dramatic footage shows an American tourist fighting off a gang of Rolex raiders who had attacked his son with a Taser for his £100,000 watch.

The victim, 31, was zapped with the weapon and knocked to the ground while one of the muggers wrenched the watch from his wrist.

His father runs over to protect him – and chases the gang, even after one slashes through his jacket with a carving knife near Harrods in Knightsbridge on 16 November last year.

Their friend was also threatened with a stun gun in the attack and forced to hand over her watch, Isleworth Crown Court heard.

Moments later the muggers made their getaway in a stolen Jaguar F-PACE, with false plates waiting nearby.

The thieves were not identifiable as their faces were covered and Flying Squad detectives went through hours of CCTV footage to try and track them down.

They found the stolen £40,000 motor had a small sticker on the bottom right corner of its windscreen

Officers found of the 40 Jaguar F-PACEs recently stolen, one had an identical parking permit for his child’s school.

Detectives trawled through more CCTV showing the car and eventually they found footage capturing the robbers meeting without masks.

The photos of their faces were circulated leading to the arrests of Thomas Lenaghan, 23 and 20-year-old Ronnie Fitzgerald.

A forensic examination linked the men to the stolen Jaguar which was later found in a carpark in Fulham.

Lenaghan, of Rylston Road, Fulham, and Fitzgerald, of Valence Avenue, Dagenham, east London, admitted conspiracy to rob, threatening a person with a bladed article in a public place, possession of a stun gun and threatening a person with a stun gun.

John Stovell, 50, admitted handling stolen goods and assisting an offender.

DC Robert Rodak, who worked on the investigation, said: ‘This was a shocking and violent robbery which understandably left the victims shaken and feeling incredibly fortunate they did not suffer more serious injury.

‘Everyone should be able to walk through our streets unaffected by this type of crime and that is why we are doing everything we can to take offenders like Lenaghan, Fitzgerald and Stovell off our streets.

‘This conviction was a result of a joint effort where our local team was assisted by the specialist skills of the Flying Squad to catch those responsible.’