‘Moped mugger’ to stand trial for murder

A moped mugger accused of murdering a stranger for his £7,000 Rolex in front of his girlfriend will stand trial next week. Danny Pearce, 31, was killed while walking home with Stephanie Holland after a night out at Oliver’s Jazz Club in Greenwich, southeast London. Mr Pearce was stabbed and shot on King William Walk on 15 July 2017 after he refused to hand over his luxury watch to two men riding a moped. Prosecutors claim the attackers were armed…