Conversations with Criminals
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Alan Savill - A mutual respect for the bad guys
Alan Savill joined the Met Police in the early 80's when he was 18 years old. We talk about his career as a dog handler and the types of criminals he arrested, ranging from terrorists and armed robbers to rapists. He explains why he left the police, give.
Go for Gold!
Ian "Lucky" Tucker has a huge reputation and featured on Donal MacIntyre's Underworld. I met him at Dave Courtney's house and the two of them talk about the 7 years that they spent working together.T
Paul Bethell - The crack march
Paul Bethell was sentenced to 15 years for aggravated burglary on a joint enterprise charge.He is still on licence which means that he could be re-called and go back to jail, but he is determined to
Stop the barge I wanna get off!
During the first lockdown, Dave Courtney got a phone call from a friend asking if he could help her retrieve her barge that was stolen and dumped in Peterborough. She had ten days to get the barge or it would be destroyed. The friend is a porn star and d.
Frank Portinari - Loyalist Paramilitary gun runner
Frank Portinari was a football hooligan, a member of the National Front, he is the ex-commander of London UDA Ulster Defence Association and he went to jail for supplying guns. www.frankportina
Lee Ryan The "lotto lag" AKA the spritual billionaire. (part 2)
Part two with Lee Ryan and it's brilliant again!Lee talks about the threats to his family after his huge lotto win and how the criminals in leicester reacted to his winning. We talk about the value o
Lee Ryan The "lotto lag" AKA the spritual billionaire. (part 1)
Lee Ryan was a car thief from Leicester who stole cars for various people, including arms dealers in overseas countries. He also stole vehicles for various crime-related work. We talk about the logistics of stealing cars and how that's changed from the n.
Darren Barden
In 1996 Darren Barden was at home on a Monday night when there was a knock on the door. He was stabbed 20 times by two men and his best-selling book "Let's skip to the good bits", documents a 20-year journey to get his life back. This is a very candid in.
Bank robber Vinnie Bradish part 2
This is part of 2 of a chat with ex-bank robber Vinnie Bradish.We talk about prison violence and the differences between different category prisons, getting out of prison after a long term sentence,
Robbing banks was just my job
Today's guest is Vinnie Bradish who was a bank robber. In part 1 of two parts, we talk about why armed robbers are given such respect in jail. We talk about the reality of robbing a bank and how it w