THE KRAY TWINS led one of the most infamous gangs in London and had several enemies in the criminal underworld.
These are some of the victims who had to comply with the Christfate.
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Who were the victims of the Kray twins?
The Kray twins were both sentenced to life imprisonment, with a minimum of 30 years.
These are the murder for which they have been convicted.
George Cornell
George Cornell was a member of a rival gang – the Richardson gang – in London.
He was one of the main enforcers of the gang that had encounters with the Kray twins.
He had also been part of the Kray gang before joining Charlie and Eddie Richardson’s gang and turning against them in a turf war.
The day before his murder, a gunfight ensued at a Catford nightclub between the Richardson gang and Richard Hart, who had ties to the Kray twins but was shot dead.
Cornell was not at the club at the time and therefore not arrested – but visited the Blind Beggar pub just a mile from the Krays’ home.
Ronnie Kray learned where he was and started shooting and killing him on March 9, 1966.
Jack “the Hat” McVitie
McVitie was murdered by Reggie Kray in a basement basement in Stoke Newington after he broke a contract to kill financial adviser Leslie Payne.
Reggie pointed a gun at McVitie’s head, but it didn’t fire.
But while the twins’ cousin Ronnie Hart was holding “the hat,” Reggie grabbed a carving knife and stabbed it in the face, neck, and stomach.
How long were the Kray twins in prison?
The Kray twins were sentenced to life in prison with an unconditional period of 30 years.
Ronnie died on March 17, 1995 at the age of 61 at Wexham Park Hospital in Slough, Berkshireafter suffering a heart attack at Broadmoor Hospital two days earlier.
Reggie was mercifully released from Wayland on August 26, 2000, at the direction of Home Secretary Jack Straw, after being diagnosed with cancer.
He died in his sleep on October 1, 2000 at the age of 66.