‘Who had smashed up our young lives? Was it the murderous Kray twins? Or was it the police, cynically using the criminal justice system to hide their own failure?’
When the Krays were eventually arrested, each of the brothers gave evidence at the trial. The Krays went down. The police were suddenly heroes – while Bobby vanished, in fear of his life, and David and Alfie were left to pick up the pieces of theirs. In this extraordinary three-way memoir, you will see who the real heroes are, and it’s the Teales’ story that will endure as the real version of history.
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Legacy of Menace
Bobby, David and Alfie Teale were deeply trusted confidants of the notorious Kray twins, but when the Krays grew more extreme in their violence, Bobby secretly became a police informer to stop them. Then, supposedly for their own protection, Bobby, David and Alfie were all arrested on a fitted-up charge of demanding money with menaces, and sentenced to three years in prison.
David, Bobby and Alfie Teale
Legacy of Menace
Life in the Shadow of the Krays
The price we paid for bringing down the Firm
I S B N 978-1-52-991730-7 Front cover photograph of Reggie Kray © World History Archive/Alamy Stock Photo, Ronnie Kray © North Eastern Criminal Record Office Back cover photograph © Mark Large/ ANL/Shutterstock Cover design: Clarkevanmeurs Design
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