When the Krays were arrested, they made a mistake. They told Albert to admit the killing of Frank Mitchell. Albert testified against them and his evidence landed the Krays thirty years. This book reveals the inside story of the Krays. It charts the rise of the country's notorious criminals, and their descent into self-destruction.

Tells of daring prison escapes, living on the run in the Caribbean and South Africa, how the author survived a shooting attempt by a jealous girlfriend, and, the story on the miscarriage if justice surrounding the One-Armed Bandit Murder.

Product Description: John Bindon emerged from a poor, working class London childhood and fraternized with the Krays and the Richardsons, but eventually turned his back on crime to play major parts in films such as Mick Jagger's Performance, The Who's Quadrophenia and Michael Caine's Get Carter...read more

Smartly dressed and well spoken, Billy Howard dominated the London crime scene for 30 years, a reign punctuated only by short stays in prison. The protection business drew him into a lucrative world of nightclubs and gambling, on the back of the black-market trade that had flourished during the World War II. Unlike many of the notorious figures that have emerged from this era, he was in many ways a loner, preferring to control his own operations and eschewing the leadership of a gang. His power and influence were so great that even now, almost two decades after his death, close friends and casual acquaintances are still wary of speaking out. The Soho Don is an account of Howard's violent life, and it exposes the links between the vicious gangland bosses, the police, and the celebrity hothouses of Mayfair clubs, high-class prostitution, and international gambling. It portrays his slide from power and, finally, his death in 1984.

When the poker was almost too hot to handle, he stomped to where I stood. Without warning, Ronnie stabbed my body with the poker. The heat burnt through my jacket and shirt. I felt a sharp pain across my stomach. I was panic-stricken. There was no escape; I couldn't break free...Lenny Hamilton has a different story to tell about the Krays. Having been at the receiving end of one of Ronnie's most brutal acts of violence ever, he is merciless in his account of life under the Twins' reign of terror. Not only is this book the most honest first-hand account of those times, this new edition also reveals for the first time ever the identity if Reggie's secret love child. It will forever change the way the Twins are perceived...

Product Description: This volume recalls the turbulent and often brutal life of south London's infamous McDonald family, taking the reader on a journey from the Elephant and Castle in the early 1920s to the crime-riddled Los Angeles of the mid-1960s. This account aims to bring to life the personal history of Charles "Wag" McDonald's involvement in the Epsom Riot and in the racecourse gang warfare which led to his hasty departure for America...read more