{"id":182857,"date":"2023-10-23T14:46:59","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T14:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=182857"},"modified":"2023-10-23T14:46:59","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T14:46:59","slug":"notorious-gangsters-like-dave-courtney-who-turned-back-on-crime-to-become-priests-meet-the-queen-and-raise-soap-stars-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/notorious-gangsters-like-dave-courtney-who-turned-back-on-crime-to-become-priests-meet-the-queen-and-raise-soap-stars-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Notorious gangsters like Dave Courtney who turned back on crime to become priests, meet the Queen\u2026 and raise soap stars | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
GETTING out of the criminal underworld can be dangerous in itself, but ex-hardman Dave Courtney found fame and fortune by going 'straight'. <\/p>\n
In his life as an East London mobster, the Kray Twins associate – who was found dead this week aged 64-claimed to have killed multiple people, enforced gang laws and even beat a rival up while they had a tanning session on a sunbed.<\/p>\n
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But after telling pals he had reformed, he found a new career as an actor with roles in Sid Bend Trap and Clubbing to Death, as well as penning six books and appearing in several TV documentaries<\/p>\n
Here, we look at other former gangsters who decided to live a more normal life within the law. <\/p>\n
Growing up in East London, Pridmore, 59, turned to stealing as a teenager before becoming a gangster, specialising in protection rackets and as an enforcer. <\/p>\n
He claimed at his gangland height in the 1990s he was earning \u201cmore money than he knew how to spend\u201d thanks to the booming drugs trade.<\/p>\n