Ron and Reg. Violent men who brought a code of honour to the streets that is still observed today. Their deaths bring to an end the golden era of gangsters whose word was law and whose ferocity maintained the order of the streets…Nobody knew the twins like Kate Kray. Married to Ron before his death, she was granted unique access into the shadowy world they inhabited, and was entrusted with some of the darkest secrets they possessed – secrets that could never be revealed until they were both dead. Now, with the help of thoughts and anecdotes from the people who knew the twins best, Kate has documented once and for all the life of the world's most famous gangsters, and filled in the gaps with the facts that could not be revealed until now. Gangsters, actors, East End faces – everyone who is anyone in the Firm is here, thanks to Kate's unique access and influence. And in this remarkable book, the Krays' chief torturer, the man who was with them on the night they were arrested, has broken his silence for the very first time.
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Kate Kray. The Twins - Men of Violence
THE TWINS: MEN OF VIOLENCE
DEDICATION
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
CONTENTS
FOREWORD
PROLOGUE
REG ON RON
THE FINAL NIGHT OF FREEDOM
REG ON PRISON
THE MANAGING DIRECTORS OF BRITISH CRIME
RON ON MADNESS
LIFE AND DEATH IN BROADMOOR
REG’S DREAM
LORD BOOTHBY: THE TRUTH
RON ON VIOLENCE
SECRETS, SCANDALS AND SKULDUGGERY
REG ON DEATH
TRIBUTES. Charlie Bronson
Linda Calvey
Jack Binns
Joey Pyle
Laurie O’Leary
Roy Shaw
Jack Lee
Mickey Chambers
Tony Lambrianou
Albert Reading
Billy Murray
Harry Roberts
Lenny McLean
RON ON DEATH
THE END OF AN ERA
RON AND REG IN THEIR OWN WORDS
Copyright
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KATE KRAY
This book is dedicated to all the loyal friends that stood by them throughout their many years of incarceration.
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Ron just held my hand and said in his quiet voice, ‘No, Kate. If I wanted to kill you, I’d just ask one of the nutters in here to do it on their home leave. They’d do anything for me.’ That soon wiped a smile from my face.
I’ve been on a visit with Ron and a couple of faces, and one of the guys would say something that upset Ron. You would never have known it to look at him. He just kept smiling and said, ‘I want you to leave now, ‘cos I want to have a word with Kate.’ They shook hands, and the geezer left thinking Ron was his best mate. Then Ron turned to the other face, and with a glint in his eye and in his quietest voice, he said, simply, ‘Kill him.’
