George Cornell: Last News

shot rival gangster George Cornell.The horrific ordeal began on Wednesday, March 9, 1966, two days after David's 23rd birthday.David was with his brothers Alfie and Bobby when Reggie rang and insisted they went down the pub round the corner in Bethnal Green.David said: "I’d first met the twins when, six years previously, they’d muscled in and taken control of the Tudor Club, the nightspot my parents ran in Islington, keeping most of the weekly takings for themselves."Dad was too old to fight them and Mum was heartbroken.

Dennis Nilsen, the subject of new ITV drama series Des, starring David Tennant.Nilsen was sentenced to life in prison after confessing to killing 15 men in London during the 1970s and 80s.Here we take a look at some of the most notorious criminals who have been sentenced at the Old Bailey.The Kray TwinsBrothers Ronnie and Reggie Kray were found guilty of the murders of Jack ‘The Hat’ McVitie and George Cornell at the Old Bailey in 1969.Ronnie said to the judge at the time: “If I wasn’t here, I could be having tea with Judy Garland.”The Yorkshire RipperPeter Sutcliffe, also known as the Yorkshire ripper, as convicted of murdering 13 women, and attempting to murder seven others.Doctor CrippenDr Hawley Harvey Crippen was found guilty of murder