DESIGNER Nicole Farhi was strangled until she passed out and threatened with a knife in a doorstep robbery, a court heard yesterday.

The French-born fashionista was attacked from behind in the driveway of her Hampstead home in April last year.

It is claimed Daniel Mykoo forced his arm around her throat, and brother, Matthew, wielded a knife.

Farhi lost consciousness for a few minutes DC shoes as the pair took a ring and her

Rolex watch, prosecutor John Carmichael told Wood Green Crown Court.

She pleaded to keep the watch which had sentimental 59fifty  value but the pair refused.

They also stole cash.

Her husband, playwright Sir David Hare, gave chase as the robbers fled, and managed to take down the registration number of the car they used.

Daniel has admitted 18 counts of robbery but Matthew, 27, of London, is on trial for the same charges. hermes handbags