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Francis Davidson Fraser [1] (13 December 1923 – 26 November 2014), [2] better known as "Mad" Frankie Fraser, was an English gangster who spent 42 years in prison for numerous violent offences. [ 3 ] [ 4 ]
Frankie Fraser teamed up with the Richardson gang in the early 1960s. [3] His criminal career began at age 13 with theft. [4] During World War II his crimes escalated, including shopbreaking and desertion. He was a known associate of gangster Billy Hill throughout the 1950s. After joining the Richardsons, he served as their enforcer. [4]
Mills was found shot dead in his car, [6] apparently by suicide, in July 1965. [67] The suggestion that Mills was the Hammersmith nudes murderer originated with gangster Frankie Fraser, who told it to policeman Bob Berry, who told The Sun crime reporter Michael Litchfield. [68]
The first series contains 6 episodes: Glasgow – Featuring interviews with Walter Norval, 'Mad' Frankie Fraser, Joe Steele, Paul Ferris, Ian 'Blink' McDonald; Manchester – Featuring interviews with Jimmy 'The Weed' Donnelly, Arthur Donnelly, Paul Massey, Sean Keating, Bernard O'Mahoney, Wayne Barker, David Fraser, Christopher Brayford
James Alfred Moody (27 February 1941 – 1 June 1993) was an English gangster and hitman whose career spanned more than four decades and included run-ins with Jack Spot, Billy Hill, "Mad" Frankie Fraser, the Krays, the Richardsons and the Provisional IRA. Described by police detectives as "extremely professional" and "extremely intimidating ...
Although subordinate to Terry Adams, Patrick – sometimes known as Patsy – has participated in individual criminal activities. Most notably he is suspected of the 1991 murder attempt on Frankie Fraser; also, according to one account, he assaulted Fraser's son David Fraser with a knife, cutting off part of his ear during a drug deal. During ...
The body was never recovered, [6] although in an interview in 2000 (which featured Reg Kray giving a frank account of the activity of the Firm 12 days before his death) Foreman admitted to throwing McVitie's body from a boat into the sea at Newhaven, Sussex. "Jack got silly," reflected Pyle. "He knew he was going to get it.
Two of the attackers, "Mad" Frankie Fraser and Bobby Warren, were each sentenced to seven years in prison. [7] Whilst Comer was recovering from his injuries, his enemies " grassed him up " to the police for attacking and cutting a petty criminal, Tommy Falco.