The Profession of Violence (2013)
“First Reggie – he was accused of petty house-breaking on the evidence of a woman who failed to identify him when she entered the witness-box of the East London Magistrates’ Court. The case was dismissed; Reggie was awarded costs.
Then it was his brothers’ turn; both were accused of ‘loitering in the Queensbridge Road with intent to commit a felony’ and of trying the door-handles of parked cars. The improbability of the charges gave Ronnie just the case he needed to stage a demonstration of the ...power of the Krays against the Law. It was something he’d been waiting for.
There was a combination of flair and thoroughness in the way he played it. The first thing he wanted was publicity; he briefed Nemone Lethbridge, the prettiest young female barrister in the country, to defend him. His case needed to be watertight so he hired a private detective and produced eight solid witnesses to swear to his alibi. Finally he wanted to teach the local police a lesson; this wasn’t difficult.MoreLess
Then it was his brothers’ turn; both were accused of ‘loitering in the Queensbridge Road with intent to commit a felony’ and of trying the door-handles of parked cars. The improbability of the charges gave Ronnie just the case he needed to stage a demonstration of the ...power of the Krays against the Law. It was something he’d been waiting for.
There was a combination of flair and thoroughness in the way he played it. The first thing he wanted was publicity; he briefed Nemone Lethbridge, the prettiest young female barrister in the country, to defend him. His case needed to be watertight so he hired a private detective and produced eight solid witnesses to swear to his alibi. Finally he wanted to teach the local police a lesson; this wasn’t difficult.MoreLess
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