'Dodgy' Dave's tales from a life of crime - Shields Gazette: "FORMER notorious criminal – said to have inspired the classic gangster movie Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels – is set to provide some verbal fireworks on Bonfire Night in South Tyneside.
'Dodgy' Dave Courtney will talk about his life of crime when he appears at High Lane Social Club, High Lane Row, Hebburn, on November 5.
A planned visit to Tyneside last year was cancelled after Courtney was arrested, but later cleared, of firearm charges.
London-born Courtney, who has starred in several gangster-related movies and documentaries and written several books about his life and times, rose to fame in 1995 when he was asked to arrange security for the funeral of infamous East End gangster Ronnie Kray."
'Dodgy' Dave Courtney will talk about his life of crime when he appears at High Lane Social Club, High Lane Row, Hebburn, on November 5.
A planned visit to Tyneside last year was cancelled after Courtney was arrested, but later cleared, of firearm charges.
London-born Courtney, who has starred in several gangster-related movies and documentaries and written several books about his life and times, rose to fame in 1995 when he was asked to arrange security for the funeral of infamous East End gangster Ronnie Kray."
