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Ronald and Reginald Kray were born on 24 October 1933 in Haggerston, East London, to Charles David Kray (1907–1983) and Violet Annie Lee (1909–1982).The Krays were thorough Eastenders – Charles from Shoreditch and Violet from Bethnal Green – and were apparently of mixed Irish, Austrian Jewish and Romanichal descent, [4] [5] [6] although this has been disputed. [7]
Jack McVitie (19 April 1932 – 29 October 1967), best known as Jack the Hat, was an English criminal from London during the 1950s and 1960s.He is posthumously famous for triggering the imprisonment and downfall of the Kray twins.
On 4 March 1969, Ronnie Kray was unanimously found guilty by a jury at the Old Bailey of the murder of Cornell. [6] Reggie Kray was also found guilty of murdering Jack McVitie, who was killed in 1967. They were both sentenced to life imprisonment. Ronnie Kray died on 17 March 1995 at the age of 61 at Wexham Park Hospital in Slough, Berkshire.
The violent reign of notorious 1960s gangsters the Krays has been highlighted at Westminster to argue against plans to throw out hereditary peers from the Lords. The London underworld activities ...
Anthony Thomas Lambrianou (15 April 1942, Bethnal Green, London – 26 March 2004, Kent) [1] [2] was an English criminal known for his association with the Kray Twins. [3] He was born to a Greek Cypriot father and English mother from Consett. [4] Lambrianou served 15 years in jail for his part in the murder of Jack "The Hat" McVitie in 1967. [5 ...
Scottish mobster involved in extortion, narcotics and drug trafficking in Glasgow from the 1970s until his death in 2007. Was a gangland figure identified during the Glasgow Ice Cream Wars. [14] Jack "the Hat" McVite: 1932–1967 1950s – 1967 Kray Twins Drug trafficker and sometimes associate of the Kray twins.
Gangster working for the infamous Kray twins, Ronnie and Reggie. After failing to murder the Krays' business manager Leslie Payne, McVitie was stabbed to death by Reggie Kray. His body was disposed of in the English Channel. Eyewitness testimony from some of those present during the murder led to the convictions of Reggie Kray and several ...
Ron, Reg and Charlie Kray and Freddie Foreman were all acquitted of Mitchell's murder, due to lack of evidence and the perceived unreliability of Donoghue's testimony. [23] Reg Kray was found guilty of conspiring to effect Mitchell's escape from Dartmoor, for which he received a five-year sentence to run concurrently with his other sentences.