Kray

Reformed career criminal opens up about his close friendship with gangster Reggie Kray

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A reformed career criminal who became close friends with Reggie Kray in prison has claimed the gangster used to shower with a ‘boyfriend’ and preferred to sleep on the floor.   Michael Emmett, from south London, also told how Reggie, then in his sixties, received ‘sackfuls’ of mail each day, and was once sent £200,000 by … Read more

I’m A Celebrity’s Shane Richie discusses his close friendship with Reggie Kray

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I’m A Celebrity’s Shane Richie reveals he had such a close friendship with Reggie Kray the London gangster once burned down the OFFICE of an agent who owed him £8k By Roxy Simons For Mailonline Published: 09:22 GMT, 25 November 2020 | Updated: 09:22 GMT, 25 November 2020 I’m A Celebrity’s Shane Richie detailed his … Read more

Detective Leonard ‘Nipper’ Read who put the Kray twins behind bars died from coronavirus, say family

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The detective Len ‘Nipper’ Read who put the infamous Kray twins away has died of coronavirus at the age of 95, his family say. The Met legend died yesterday, ten days after catching the virus while he was in hospital with a foot infection, according to a family member. Read, who left school at the … Read more

Leonard ‘Nipper’ Read who put the Kray twins behind bars has died

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Scotland Yard detective Leonard ‘Nipper’ Read who famously put the notorious Kray twins behind bars dies aged 95 Read who was a Detective Superintendent in the Met Police died this morning A statement by the Met police released after Read’s death called him a legend  East end mobsters the Krays were arrested in May 1968 … Read more