Over the last two decades, Brian Cockerill has ruled his world with an iron fist. Using nothing but his hands as weapons, he has patrolled the streets, clubs and raves of Britain in order to keep order and to 'tax' those whose ill-gotten gains he sees fit to take a share of. Drug dealers and shady club promoters everywhere know that, if The Taxman is in town, it's time to pay up or get out. All know of the appalling violence this man can exert on his enemies, and of the incredible presence of body and mind that he possesses. Yet despite his appalling record of aggression, Brian is a man who lives by rules and respect – balanced yet unpredictable, he has never used weapons, and those who have used arms against him have barely lived to regret it. The facts of his life are as amazing and awe-inspiring as they are true.
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Brian Cockerill. The Tax Man - The True Story of the Hardest Man in Britain
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
1 OUR FRIEND ELECTRIC
2 CHEMICAL BRI
3 RANDY CRAWFORD BLUES
4 FIXING ON WINNING
5 THE EAGLE DOES NOT CHASE AFTER FLIES
6 WRECKING CREW
7 THE DUFFER VS THE TAX MAN
8 THE HOTTER THE FLAME, THE QUICKER THE BURN
9 THE MAD AND THE UGLY
10 GARSIDE VS COCKERILL I AND II
11 THE HAMMER HOUSE OF HORRORS
12 INSTANT JUSTICE
13 THE NUMBER ONE TAX MAN
14 GOOD FELLAS
15 THE FIGHTING COCKERILL
16 MURDERS, KIDNAPPINGS AND ASSAULTS
17 TO PROTECT AND SERVE
18 THE TAX MAN’S GUIDE TO TAXING
19 STAYING TOP DOG
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For my wife Amanda, my son Jordan and my sister Kath Thank you for looking after me.
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Being off school ill so much of the time, I lacked confidence. When you are always poorly or in hospital, how can you expect to have confidence in yourself? Apart from this, I suffered a lot because I was dyslexic. They didn’t know about dyslexia in those days, so the teachers just thought you were as thick as two bricks. It wasn’t until I was in my twenties that I realised something was amiss and then, when I was told I had dyslexia, the penny dropped.
I wasn’t able to read properly until I was 11 or 12, but I can read anything now. I could just about string my words together but the drawback for me was being Scottish: I used to spell words as they sound when Scots say them, with more Rs and Vs than they actually have. Being put in a lower class because of these difficulties only made me even more of a target for bullies.
