Where notorious London gangsters are now – from Kray enforcer to 'torture gang' thug

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READ MORE: Grisly life of London gangster nicknamed after Mike Tyson who laughed when murdering copHere, we take a look at five notorious outlaws to see where they are now.Dave Courtney is now a celebrity author and actor – and in 1995, he organised the security at Ronnie Kray's funeral in Bethnal Green.The 63-year-old, who was born in Bermondsey but now lives in Plumstead, was in the news recently after his pet peacock escaped from his garden.Courtney, former member of the Richardson ‘torture gang’, said he didn’t realise the exotic bird could fly, despite acknowledging it made him sound “like a bit of a d***head”.The self-proclaimed ex-gangster has written six books about his delinquent past and he was reportedly the inspiration behind Vinnie Jones' character Big Chris in Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrel.He speaks openly about being shot and killing others to stay alive but he now earns a living as a celebrity.One of his most recent public appearances was taking his mum to join the queue to pay respects to the Queen.He shares updates on his wild life on his Instagram page where he has 20,000 followers and describes himself as “London’s original fun lovin criminal”.Former enforcer John Pridmore made a fortune in London’s West End working in the drugs trade in the 1990s.He was born in the city's East End and found trouble early on and was put in a detention centre when he was 15 for stealing.But he later found God after leaving a man for dead outside a nightclub.On his website, he states: “I had what I thought was everything.

Money, power, girls, drugs the lot. But yet there was something missing... This struck me more than ever, when I thought I had killed someone outside of a nightclub I was working at.“After nearly.