Tributes are pouring in for the the well-known hardman with a colourful past
Dave Courtney, one of the UK's most notorious gangsters, has been found dead at home. The 64-year-old was famously affiliated with London hardmen the Kray brothers, Roy Shaw and Lenny McLean.
Met Police say they were called to an address on Chestnut Rise in Plumstead at around 11:25am on Sunday , after reports of a man found dead. A 64-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene, with the death being treated as unexpected and under investigation. The Bermondsey-born Plumstead resident first became infamous as a debt collector - who often wore a brutal knuckle-duster. Courtney claims he has been found not guilty in a whopping 19 different trials - but was once convicted of possessing live ammunition in January 2009.
"Dave had a heart of pure gold and would help anyone that genuinely needed it. I will miss my Christmas eve call this year. Such a sad loss and one that has broken many hearts too. God bless you sir you will be so sadly missed." In the trial, he was named as 'Tommy Mack', a registered police informant. But Courtney insists he has "never been a grass" and that he was trying to take advantage of the system - to disguise his relationship with a corrupt detective.
His mansion was once a school, and stands separate from the residential street it sits on. With gold lion paintings, Union Jacks, a sniper statue and a replica of King Arthur's Sword in Stone, it showed Courtney felt pride in the country he called home. A royalist, he queued for 13 hours with his mother to see the late Queen lying-in-state.
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