- Jordan Bailey-Mascoll, 25, was one of two men who murdered Danny Pearce, 31
- Bailey-Mascoll and an unknown accomplice stabbed Pearce for his £7,000 Rolex
- Mr Pearce's girlfriend Stephanie Holland wept as she described the murder
- Faces life in prison after being found guilty of murder at Woolwich Crown Court
The family of a father stabbed to death for his £7,000 Rolex have hit out after the moped mugger - who refused to give up his accomplice - was convicted of murder today.
Jordan Bailey-Mascoll, 25, faces life behind bars for his role in the killing of Danny Pearce, 31, who was ambushed with his girlfriend as he left Oliver's jazz club in Greenwich, south London, last year.
Following the jury's verdict, Mr Pearce's bereft mother Jan Pearce, 63, urged police to find the fellow attacker, known only as 'Ghost', who has so far evaded custody.
'We need to get these murderers off the streets,' to prevent another family going through the same heartbreak as hers, she said in a statement.
Adding: 'I don't want another mum to go through this agony. I need to know those responsible will be locked up for a very long time.'
Jordan Bailey-Mascoll (pictured), 25, was one of two men who murdered Danny Pearce, 31, as he left Oliver's jazz club in Greenwich, south London. He was found guilty of murder at Woolwich Crown Court today
Moped mugging murder victim Danny Pearce was killed by two men who wanted his Rolex
The tragic case is one of scores of moped-enabled crimes of the kind which this week claimed comedian Michael McIntyre as their latest victim.
Bailey-Mascoll and 'Ghost' had been driving around on a moped targeting people with expensive watches, Woolwich Crown Court heard.
One of the balaclava-clad killers was armed with a long 'particularly gruesome' hunting knife and the other with a gun.When Mr Pearce refused to hand over his Rolex he was shot at, chased down the street, then cornered and knifed to death.
Mr Pearce suffered multiple stab wounds to his neck and chest after the attack at 12.15am on July 15 last year and died at the scene.
When the guilty verdict for murder was returned earlier today, Bailey-Mascoll began struggling violently with the dock officers who battled to restrain him.
Mr Pearce's girlfriend Stephanie Holland, told the trial that she offered to give the muggers his watch but they stabbed and shot him anyway
Members of both families gasped as he jumped on to the bench and tore away from officers towards the cell door.
His mother shouted: 'Don't Jordan! Please don't!'
Judge Christopher Kinch, QC, said: 'If the defendant wants to go down he can go down.'
Tearful jurors were handed tissues as the remaining verdicts were read out in his absence.
Bailey-Mascoll, who has a long criminal record dating back to his teens, was convicted of murder, possessing a firearm, possessing an imitation firearm and robbery.
The trial has heard how Mr Pearce and his girlfriend Stephanie Holland were returning to his car on King William Walk after a night out with another couple in Greenwich.
The killer pair were caught on CCTV riding their moped in the area on the night of the attack
Violent criminal past: Jordan Bailey-Mascoll
Bailey-Mascoll grew up in Sydenham, southeast London, living with his mother until he was 15.
A minor conviction saw him expelled from school two years earlier.
He was in an out of court for a number of other offences including burglary, possessing cannabis, theft from a motor vehicle and shoplifting whilst still a juvenile.
When he was 18 he was jailed for possessing a loaded firearm after accidentally shooting himself.
Further convictions for shoplifting and a snatch robbery followed in 2012 and 2014.
Police tried to arrest him in Catford on 23 August but he got away after threatening officers with a large knife. Ms Holland wept as she told the court how she tossed her boyfriend's Rolex at the muggers but they killed him anyway.
She said: '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.'
Ms Holland said the knife was about a foot long.
'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.
'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.'
Jurors were shown CCTV footage of Bailey-Mascoll signalling as he and his accomplice spotted Mr Pearce's Rolex.
Mr Pearce is then seen sprinting past the camera chased by armed Bailey-Mascoll.
Bailey-Mascoll and Mr Pearce struggled over a car bonnet before he is cornered and stabbed by both attackers.
The killers 'swapped roles' leaving Bailey-Mascoll to take control of the moped and ride off with his accomplice on the back.
Fortunately, a quick-thinking passer-by had noted down part of the moped's licence plate and it was linked to a string of similar robberies in the area.
Four days before the murder, another robbery victim Jolyon Atkinson had his Lars & Jensen watch by a pillion passenger on a moped wielding a large knife on Plough Way, Surrey Quays.
Bailey-Mascoll's DNA was later found on the moped and he owned a set of spare keys.
CCTV footage showed the pair on the moped looking for victims before the attack
Police tried to arrest him in Catford on 23 August but he got away after threatening officers with a large knife.
He was finally arrested on 18 September after trying to escape out of a window of a flat in Dartford, Kent.
After arresting Bailey-Mascoll, police recovered two mobile phones containing a search history of hunting knives, expensive watches and images of him wearing a Rolex watch.
The young father claimed 'Ghost' called the shots and sold on the luxury timepieces.
He insisted he only ever wielded the hunting knife to terrify victims into handing over their valuables and he did not intend to seriously harm Mr Pearce.
Bailey-Mascoll was eventually identified after police linked him to a blue Adidas tracksuit worn by one of the men with the moped at a petrol station 10 minutes earlier
Bailey-Mascoll grew up in Sydenham, southeast London, living with his mother until he was 15.
A minor conviction saw him expelled from school two years earlier.
He was in an out of court for a number of other offences including burglary, possessing cannabis, theft from a motor vehicle and shoplifting whilst still a juvenile.
When he was 18 he was jailed for possessing a loaded firearm after accidentally shooting himself.
Ms Holland wept as she told the court how she tossed her boyfriend's Rolex at the muggers but they killed him anyway
Bailey-Mascoll, of no fixed address, denied murder, possession of a firearm, possession of an imitation firearm and robbery. He admitted manslaughter.
Following the conviction, investigating officer detective inspector Jo Sidaway condemned the 'truly horrendous' violence, calling the two minute attack the most sustained random stabbing attack in her near three-decade career in the force.
'Danny was repeatedly stabbed as he lay collapsed on the steps of a stranger's house,' detective inspector Sidaway said.
'It was only when his girlfriend shouted out that she'd give them Danny's watch, that they stopped their remorseless attack. Without a hint of compassion they grabbed the Rolex and fled the scene,' she added.
Describing the traumatic scenes in the immediate aftermath of the mugging, Sidaway continued: 'The family who lived at the address opened the door to a dying young man, the trauma of that night cannot be imagined.
'Some witnesses who ran from the scene thought it was a terrorist attack, due to its ferocity. It is sickening that such prolonged, lethal violence against a defenceless man, with a family, was done only for a wristwatch.'
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