I Am Not A Gangster: Fixer. Armed Robber. Hitman. Obe

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I Am Not A Gangster is a blisteringly honest account of the inner workings of the most infamous crime syndicates known and life inside Britain's most notorious jails, but above all it's a remarkable tale of redemption with the biggest turnaround in gangland history.

Only this time his efforts saw him go from custody of Her Majesty's Prison Service to coming face-to-face with the Queen herself. You feel all emotions when reading this book and it is a very powerful honest account of a difficult life but of someone who came through. We take pride in offering a wide selection of used books, from classics to hidden gems, ensuring there is something for every literary palate. Eventually he was locked up in some of Britain's most notorious prisons, alongsider the Krays and the Richardsons.To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. His passion is talking to young people in schools and colleges, deterring them from what they might perceive as a glamorous lifestyle by highlighting the harsh realities of crime and prison. Inside, he was introduced to the Open University and on his release he soon got down to business again. The book comes across as a memoir interview, but it does seem to lack any sort of real passion, but that might just be reflective of times Bobby grew up in.

There is blood everywhere, people dying, shotguns firing, doorstep slayings and all-out gang warfare between Turkish, Greek and Irish firms and Chinese triads. Bobby was sent to prison for the first time in 1967, aged 16, and over the next decade he established himself as a hardened criminal running protection rackets and robberies against a backdrop of all-out gang warfare, where doorstep slayings and bloody shoot-outs were common.Only this time his efforts saw him go from custody of Her Majesty’s Prison Service to meeting with the Queen herself. Bobby is one of the UK's leading penal reformers and has advised Ministers and Judges as well as public and private sector agencies on prison and rehabilitation. How did this UK crime lord end up being feted by the rich and famous and be awarded an honour from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II?

You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Discover the joy of reading with us, your trusted source for affordable books that do not compromise on quality. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. I had the honour and pleasure to meet the author recently and found him to be an entertaining an interesting travelling companion, but as there are a lot of people in the world who claim to have been there , done that et cetera , I take my tall tales of the old days with a pinch of salt, perhaps he picked up on this as he recommended I read his book.

He quickly became a gangland leader and was convicted of a number of serious offences including manslaughter and bank robbery. I Am Not A Gangster is an explosive account of life in the criminal underworld by one of Britain’s most dangerous men, but above all it’s a remarkable tale of redemption with the biggest turnaround in gangland history. Every Mother and Father from deprived backgrounds should heed the moral of this tale and tell it to their kids. Read more and chief executive of UNLOCK, a charity which helps people with criminal convictions reintegrate into society. Eventually Bobby was sentenced to 12 years in Britain’s most notorious prisons, along with the Krays, Charlie Richardson and the Yorkshire Ripper.