Danny Pearce, 31, was repeatedly stabbed by a moped-riding thug in Greenwich last year. They took his £5,000 Rolex watch (circled above)

A woman who watched helplessly as her boyfriend was stabbed to death for his Rolex said she pleaded with his killers to take the watch and let him go.

Danny Pearce, 31, was repeatedly knifed after he left Oliver's Jazz Bar in Greenwich shortly after midnight on July 15 last year.

His girlfriend Stephanie Holland said she ripped off Mr Pearce's £5,000 watch and threw it to two moped-riding assailants wearing balaclavas and motorcycle helmets, begging them to take it and go.

But he was led away by one of the attackers and repeatedly stabbed in the neck and chest before they sped off into the night. Ms Holland said the knife was about a foot long.

Giving evidence at Woolwich Crown Court, Ms Holland said the men had brandished a gun and a knife before the vicious attack.

She told the court she had ran for her life down a dark street but realised her lover was not behind her when she turned around.

Ms Holland then saw him stagger out from between two parked cars with blood streaming down his face, the court heard.

Mr Pearce was dragged up some steps and backed into a corner before he was fatally stabbed, she told jurors.

Prosecutors claim the knifeman was 25-year-old Jordan Bailey-Mascoll, who was joined by a second unknown attacker.

Mr Pearce's girlfriend Stephanie Holland. She said she ripped off his £5,000 Rolex watch and threw it to the two assailants wearing balaclavas and motorcycle helmets, begging them to take it and go

Ms Holland wept as she told the court: ‘I was in front of Danny. We were walking down the street and then two men both wearing balaclavas and motorcycle helmets come in front of us.

‘The person on the right had a firearm and the one on the left had a knife. They were of average height but larger than me.

‘They were asking to hand over the watch. I thought they were joking.

‘I thought it was a joke at first but then when the gun was shot I just ran. The gun was shot several times.

‘I went half way down the street and then I turned back and saw that Danny was not there, so I ran back to where we were.

Mr Pearce's two attackers riding off into the night on a moped after the attack on July 15 last year

‘He was in-between two cars. He was bleeding from his forehead. One of the guys followed him up the steps. I did not see the other guy.

‘I went away a little bit. I was scared. I saw the guy repeatedly stabbing Danny a lot of times. He just would not stop.

‘I just shouted at him “I’ll give you the watch”.

‘Danny was on the floor and I took the watch off and just threw it at them. They left on their mopeds. I cannot remember if they said anything to me, it was all very fast.’

Bailey-Mascoll, of no fixed address, admits manslaughter but denies murder, possession of a firearm, possession of an imitation firearm and robbery.

The trial continues.