Legacy of Menace
Life in the Shadow of the Krays
Bobby Teale ; David Teale ; Alfie Teale
- Survivors
- from
- London's
- ganglandThe
- third
- and
- final
- chapter
- in
- Bobby
- and
- David
- Teale's
- powerful
- true
- story
- focuses
- on
- the
- shattering
- consequences
- of
- Bobby's
- secret
- decision
- to
- inform
- on
- the
- Krays,
- putting
- himself
- and
- his
- brothers
- David
- and
- Alfie
- in
- mortal
- danger.Sure
- enough,
- someone,
- somehow
- had
- told
- the
- murderous
- twins
- they
- had
- a
- spy
- in
- their
- midst.
- Suspicion
- fell
- on
- Bobby,
- and
- Reggie
- held
- him
- at
- gunpoint
- in
- a
- terrifying
- mock
- execution
- in
- Epping
- Forest,
- as
- a
- warning
- for
- what
- happens
- to
- 'informers.'Three
- days
- after
- that,
- Bobby,
- David
- and
- Alfie
- were
- arrested.
- Bobby
- had
- believed
- it
- was
- the
- Yard's
- way
- of
- making
- him
- and
- his
- family
- 'safe'.
- His
- brothers
- didn't
- have
- a
- clue
- what
- was
- going
- on.
- Bobby
- expected
- six
- months
- inside,
- maybe.
- They
- each
- got
- three
- years
- for
- 'demanding
- money
- with
- menaces,'
- a
- catch-all
- crime
- that
- required
- minimal
- evidence
- to
- convict.In
- Legacy
- of
- Menace,
- Bobby
- opens
- up
- on
- what
- he
- went
- through
- at
- the
- hands
- of
- the
- Krays
- and
- the
- police,
- how
- his
- economy
- with
- the
- truth
- was
- his
- attempt
- to
- protect
- his
- brothers,
- and
- why
- he
- vanished,
- fearful
- of
- gangland
- retribution,
- when
- he
- was
- released
- from
- prison.While
- David
- recalls
- the
- appalling
- confusion
- of
- brutal
- life
- in
- prison,
- not
- knowing
- why
- he
- was
- there,
- his
- brother
- refusing
- to
- speak
- to
- him,
- rumours
- swirling
- about
- the
- Krays
- coming
- for
- them.David,
- now
- aged
- 81,
- has
- remained
- profoundly
- angry
- with
- Bobby,
- 82,
- for
- abandoning
- him
- and
- Alfie
- to
- their
- fate.
- But
- the
- brothers,
- once
- close,
- are
- reconciling
- again,
- as
- Bobby
- provides
- full
- disclosure
- with
- new
- and
- dramatic
- details
- of
- his
- time
- in
- prison
- and
- his
- cross-border
- escape,
- helping
- David
- to
- understand
- the
- experience
- from
- Bobby's
- perspective
- for
- the
- first
- time.This
- extraordinary
- three-way
- narrative
- memoir
- provides
- fresh
- insights
- on
- a
- classic
- true
- crime
- story,
- wrapped
- in
- a
- compelling
- family
- saga
- of
- bitter
- estrangement
- and
- ultimate redemption.
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