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East London gangster Dave Courtney died penniless and without a will at 64

Courtney, 64, was found dead at his home in Plumstead on October 22, 2023

Evening Standard · Oct 15, 2025

Dave Courtney: Ex-gangster 'described his pain in videos', inquest hears as coroner finds he took his life

Dave Courtney, 64, was found dead at his home in Plumstead, south London, in October 2023

Evening Standard · Mar 6, 2025

Ex-gangster Dave Courtney described his pain in videos, inquest told

He was found dead at his home in London in October 2023.

The Independent UK · Mar 6, 2025

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Gangster-turned-author Dave Courtney found with gunshot wound, says coroner

The celebrity gangster had collected up to 70 firearms which had been decommissioned or fired blanks only

Evening Standard · Nov 22, 2023

Dave Courtney made failed attempt to kill himself three months before death, inquest hears

The celebrity gangster had collected up to 70 firearms which had been decommissioned or fired blanks only

Evening Standard · Nov 22, 2023

‘He couldn’t take the pain’: gangster’s death prompts calls for assisted dying law

Dave Courtney, believed to be the model for Vinnie Jones's character in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, was suffering from several health problems

The Guardian - UK · Nov 13, 2023

Dave Courtney released video days before death, telling friends: 'I am hurting and in a lot of pain'

WARNING: The video references suicide

Evening Standard · Oct 25, 2023

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‘I’m hurting’: Ex-gangster Dave Courtney recorded video explaining why he took his own life

Former gangster Courtney said he had been hiding ‘a lot of pain’, in clip shared by loved ones days after his death

The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2023

The turbulent life of Dave Courtney, the East End gangster-turned-film star

After his sudden death aged 64, Emma Loffhagen reports on the East End gangster nicknamed the 'most feared man in Britain'

Evening Standard · Oct 24, 2023

Dave Courtney: Police close road next to ex-gangster's 'Camelot Castle' as officers probe his death

Courtney's death came just hours after he had spent the day watching Charlton FC with his friends

Evening Standard · Oct 23, 2023

Family pays tribute to ex-gangster’s ‘incredible, colourful, rock ‘n’ roll life’

Dave Courtney, 64, was found dead at his home in south east London on Sunday.

The Independent UK · Oct 23, 2023

Former London gangster-turned-actor and author Dave Courtney dies, aged 64

In his final Facebook post, Courtney could be seen watching Charlton Athletic lose 4-0 to Reading

The Independent UK · Oct 22, 2023

Family pays tribute to famous London ex-gangster Dave Courtney as he dies aged 64

The gangster turned actor 'took his own life' at his Chestnut Rise, Plumstead home, which he dubbed 'Camelot Castle'

Evening Standard · Oct 22, 2023

Former London gangster-turned-author Dave Courtney dies aged 64

Courtney was found dead at his home in Plumstead on Sunday.

The Independent UK · Oct 22, 2023

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Wales Online · Apr 16, 2023

Charles Bronson can't stop singing Tom Jones songs since losing bid for freedom

The infamous jailbird could be heard belting out The Green Green Grass of Home over the phone

Daily Mirror · Mar 31, 2023

Charles Bronson breaks into SONG just moments after being denied parole

The inmate called author Dave Courtney and sang Englebert Humperdinck's 'Please Release Me', before he called his mum Eira after discovering his own fate

Daily Mirror · Mar 17, 2023

Charles Bronson speaks in prison tapes - Tom Hardy, sex fantasies and violence

WARNING - OFFENSIVE CONTENT: Charles Bronson, 70, recalls extraordinary events during nearly 50 years in jail - from meeting Tom Hardy, his sex fantasy should he get out of prison and alleged brutality he faced behind bars

Evening Standard · Dec 7, 2022

Actor Dave Courtney thanks neighbours for catching Plumstead Peacock on loose for months

Former gangster’s exotic bird was lured into a neighbour’s pool room with a trail of grapes after months on the run

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Daily Mirror · Oct 31, 2022

Inside ex-gangster's incredible 'castle' where guns and swords line the walls

Dave Courtney - who claims to have links to the notorious Kray twins - is the proud owner of Camelot Castle, which boasts an outside mural, jacuzzi, its own nightclub and even a 'dungeon'

Daily Mirror · Oct 22, 2022

London gangster recalls horrific boiling oil attack that kickstarted his criminal career

Dave Courtney, 63, claims that that he had to kill to stay alive and says he has been shot, stabbed, and had his nose bitten off during his grisly criminal past

Evening Standard · Sep 29, 2022

‘I didn’t know they could fly’: Ex-gangster Dave Courtney apologises as ‘fly-away’ peacock runs amok in Plumstead

‘I’ve got a giant fisherman’s net but he’s like a footballer, he keeps swerving me’

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