The Devil Shook My Hand: I've Been Shot, Stabbed and Accused of Murder. People Call Me Britain's Deadliest Bare-knuckle Fighter. This is My Story.

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Gerard wasn’t sufficiently careful. He knew all that week that he was being followed, mistakenly thinking that it was by undercover police. Think about Kimbo Slice going into the UFC. He got owned by a runt because he didn't expect the guy to rush him and go all out ASAP.

Gerard had been overstepping the mark for years. A wreath had been laid on his doorstep earlier. Even Knight refers to the killing as testament that Gerard had 'got it wrong'. Hole and his son were cleared of the murder when an ID parade proved inconclusive. Linda Gerard moved to another area. Bindon appeared as a character played by the actor Jason Merrells in the stage play A Princess Undone which opened at the Cambridge Arts Theatre in October 2016. [16] Filmography [ edit ]He featured in Kate Kray's book and tv series, hard b******s, as well as starring in a number of YouTube videos. In 2010, Bindon was the subject of Ten Men: The Lives of John Bindon, a one-man verse play written and directed by Franklyn McCabe, with Matthew Houghton playing Bindon. The play was performed at the Open House pub theatre as part of the Brighton Fringe Festival in 2010. [15] For the arts administrator, see Roy Shaw (arts administrator). For the English politician, see Roy Shaw (politician). In 2000, Shaw was one of the best known mourners to attend the funeral of Reggie Kray, a lifelong friend. Shaw said of Kray: "Kray came from an era before drugs became common currency, when there was honour among thieves and few criminals double-crossed their friends. In those days there was loyalty. Nowadays they are all having each other over all the time." [1]

Clarkson, Wensley (2005). Bindon: Fighter, Gangster, Actor, Lover – the True Story of John Bindon, a Modern Legend. London: John Blake. p.123. ISBN 1-84454-116-9. He said the Italian-born gangster was assassinated in revenge for the murder of Knight's brother, David, who died after a fight at the Latin Quarter nightclub in London's West End in 1970. In a 35-year criminal career, Tommy Hole was a convicted armed robber, car thief, drug manufacturer and dealer, attempted murderer and probable killer, who had spent half this time in jail. After Roy's family had discovered what had happened due to questions being raised by Roy's bank calling his daughter Chettina, who had his power of attorney, because there was further very large transfer sums of money being requested for transfer, they took her to court. Lindsay Finnimore made claims to being his girlfriend and in a bid to have access to his assets made claims to being his common law wife. Roy said that he believed she was very intelligent and helping him but didn't find her attractive or girlfriend material. A book written by Jamie Boyle & Gary Shaw, Roy’s son, called ‘Mean Machine. Roy Shaw’ was published by Warcrypress in 2019. It features many stories of Roy that had never been published.His killers shot him once and chased him down the street, before clubbing him with a gun and finishing him off with another shot through the head. In 1978, Bindon was tried for the murder of London gangster Johnny Darke. Bindon pleaded self-defence and was acquitted, but the case damaged his reputation, and that, coupled with being seen by directors as difficult to work with, meant his acting career declined. In the 1980s, Bindon became reclusive; he died in 1993. I knew this lovely old boy when I was a kid, he had been a booth boxer in Scotland, received the cat in prison, been shot outside a club one night (he said they did him a right favour as they found a cancer when they got him on the operating table!!!).......this is how he lived his life, but he wound up totally institutionalised in the end he had done that much bird.

During his time in Broadmoor, Shaw again encountered Ronnie Kray. He also spent time with such people as Ronnie Biggs and Charles Bronson at other prisons. By 1974, Shaw had already spent around 18 years in more than 22 different prisons. [2] Unlicensed boxing career [ edit ] When they were at their height in the 50s and 60s, the name Kray would strike fear into the hearts of many. During the 1980s, Bindon became a reclusive figure, spending more of his time at his Belgravia flat. He died on 10 October 1993, aged 50. According to Philip Hoare's obituary in The Independent, he died from cancer. [2] References in popular culture [ edit ] Did you ever see that fight, Boxer vs Thai Boxer? Thai Boxer just kept taking out the boxer's legs until he could barely stand. Another difference in fighting styles and a flaw in boxing.a b c d e f g h i j k l Hoare, Philip (6 November 1993). "Obituary: John Bindon". The Independent. London . Retrieved 6 May 2010. Gerard, a friend of "celebrity gangster" Ronnie Knight and the Kray twins, was gunned down on his daughter's 11th birthday as he got into his car near his home in Stratford, east London.

Clarkson, Wensley (2005). Bindon: Fighter, Gangster, Actor, Lover – the True Story of John Bindon, a Modern Legend. London: John Blake. ISBN 1-84454-116-9 John Dennis Arthur Bindon [1] [2] (4 October 1943 – 10 October 1993) was an English actor and bodyguard who had close links with the London underworld. The son of a London cab driver, Bindon was frequently in trouble as a youth for getting into fights, and spent two periods in borstal. He was spotted in a London pub by Ken Loach, who asked him to appear in his film Poor Cow (1967). Both had long-time connections to the London underworld and it was not long before theories began on the East End grapevine.John McVicar, the bank robber turned journalist, recognises the hallmarks of a contract killing. 'If it wasn't connected with the score that had to be settled after Gerard, then it must be connected with drugs. It's unusual for two people to be killed like that for a purely personal vendetta.' Gerard himself was acquitted in 1980, along with Knight, of murdering Alfredo "Italian Tony" Zomparelli, who was gunned down in September 1974 as he played pinball in the Golden Goose amusement arcade in Soho. Another man is believed to have received a flesh wound to the leg but he fled the scene before detectives arrived. Roy Shaw was celebrated in song in 2011 when a group called The Sharks released "The King Of London (aka The Ballad Of Pretty Boy Shaw)". The song was written by band member Alan Wilson who met and became friends with Roy Shaw via their mutual friend Ronnie Biggs.