NIPPER READ The Man Who Nicked The Krays

Read (Leonard) with Morton (James)

ISBN 10: 0316858285 / ISBN 13: 9780316858281

Published by Little, Brown, 2001

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Paperback. Reprint. SIGNED BY JAMES MORTON. Just after 7pm on Tuesday 4 March 1969, the jurors filed back into the Old Bailey courtroom to give their verdict on Ronald Kray. The world 'guilty' brought to a triumphant conclusion the months of hard work put in by Leonard 'Nipper' Read and his team in their efforts to bring the infamous Kray brothers to justice. This is the enthralling story of the life of a London detective. It is a tale teeming with the names that defined the era : Billy Hill, Jack Spot, Frank Mitchell, and 'Mad' Frankie Fraser; porn dealers like James Humphries and police officers such as Ernie 'Hooter' Millen. In 1964 the author was invited to put together a team to 'have a go' at the Krays. Here he charts his extraordinary investigation, from the first time he saw Ronald in a pub in the Whitechapel Road - where he turned up flanked by minders - to the brothers' eventual arrest in May 1968 and their sensational trial. Illus. + Index. 336pp. trade size softcover. With tipped-in label SIGNED BY JAMES MORTON. V. lightly browned edges o/w Nr. F. with no marks or creasing to covers.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: NIPPER READ The Man Who Nicked The Krays
• Publisher: Little, Brown
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0316858285
• ISBN 13: 9780316858281
• Binding: Softcover / Paperback
• Edition: 2nd edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Signed: signed by author
• Seller catalogs:
  • Gangs (incl. Organized Crime) & Drugs

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Synopsis

Just after 7pm on the evening of Tuesday 4 March 1969, at the Old Bailey, the jurors filed back into Court 1 to give their verdict on Ronald Kray. The word 'guilty' brought to a triumphant conclusion the months of painstaking work put in by Read and his team in their efforts to bring the infamous Kray brothers to justice. Leonard Read tells his own story, that of the small Nottingham lad, nicknamed Nipper, who went to join the Metropolitan Police because of their less stringent height requirements - and who rose through the ranks to become part of the team solving the Great Train Robbery. In 1964 Read was invited to put together a team to 'have a go' at the Kray gang - the seemingly untouchable East End criminals whose reign of terror involved blackmail, protection rackets and finally murder. In an enthralling recreation of the operation, Read and Morton cover the case from the first time Nipper saw Ronald Kray in a pub in the Whitechapel Road - where he turned up flanked by minders - to the brothers' eventual arrest in May 1968 and the nailbiting suspense of their sensational trial.