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He was a hitman and enforcer for The Firm - the Krays gang - and also dabbled in drug trafficking. McVitie was hired by Ronnie Kray to kill a man called Leslie Payne, paid £500 and told that he.


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In May 1968, in a dawn swoop, police arrested the Kray twins and 24 other gang members. At trial, Leslie Payne and a few gang members were star witnesses, along with the barmaid at The Blind Beggar. Ronnie and Reggie were found guilty of the murders of George Cornell and Jack McVitie. They both received 30-year sentences.


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A nervy, alcoholic, former fighter and small-time villain, McVitie's crime had been his failure to murder the Krays' financial adviser, Leslie Payne, after being instructed to do so by Reginald's.


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In 1967 Ronnie Kray paid McVitie £500 in advance to kill ex-friend and business partner Leslie Payne, promising he would give another £500 when the job was finished, amid fears that Payne was about to inform the police of his criminal activities. McVitie and a friend, Billy Exley, set off to shoot Payne but were unsuccessful. Exley, the.


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Leslie James Payne (1924-1990) was a con-man who worked for the Krays during the 1960s. He acted at the twins' business manager and encouraged them to broaden their empire into the club world, often persuading them to purchase casinos, clubs, and pubs, notably The Hideaway (later renamed El Morocco). He considered himself a cultured man and he was sickened by the twins' violence and acted a.


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The two primary members of the firm were the Kray twins, who also had their older brother Charlie in the gang.. Leslie Payne, the brains behind The Firm; Tommy Brown, also known as "The Bear"


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Legend is a 2015 biographical crime thriller film written and directed by American director Brian Helgeland.It is adapted from John Pearson's book The Profession of Violence: The Rise and Fall of the Kray Twins, which deals with their career and the relationship that bound them together, and follows their gruesome career to life imprisonment in 1969.. This is Helgeland's fifth feature film.


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Similarly, one of the Krays' gang - Leslie Payne - runs their business activity and tries to oppose any rash violence that might endanger their considerable income generation.


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Ronald (Ronnie) Kray (24 October 1933 - 17 March 1995) and Reginald (Reggie) Kray (24 October 1933 - 1 October 2000) were English organised crime figures, and identical twin brothers, who operated in the East End of London from the late 1950s until their arrest in 1968. With their gang, known as the Firm, the Kray twins were involved in murder, armed robbery, arson, protection rackets.


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The killing was allegedly payback for crossing the brothers one too many times, including owing them money for the contract murder of their business manager Leslie Payne - that McVitie never.


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The rise and decline of the Kray twins, London's most legendary gangsters, set against the backdrop of the city in the Swinging Sixties.. Leslie Payne: David Thewlis: Mad Teddy Smith: Taron.


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Ronnie and Reggie Kray, who were identical twins,. After McVitie had failed to follow through on a £1,000 contract to kill the twins' financial adviser Leslie Payne, the pair lured him to a.


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Ronald gave a gun and £100 to Jack "The Hat" McVitie with instructions to murder Leslie Payne and the promise of a further £400 when the murder had taken place. Payne remained alive, but it was Reginald who went to collect the £100.. Although the Kray brothers were not role models for most, the film Legend tells the story of these two.


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The Murder of Jack McVitie. In 1967, Ronnie is said to have told his Reggie to kill Jack 'the Hat' McVitie, a minor member of the Kray gang. McVitie had failed to honour a £1,500 contract paid to him in advance to murder Leslie Payne. McVitie thought he was attending a party in Stoke Newington.


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The Kray twins wanted to expand their gambling interests with the Mafia's help, but Ronnie felt the Richardson gang was beginning to encroach on their turf.. Reggie viciously murdered Firm member Jack "The Hat" McVitie after McVitie failed to kill Leslie Payne, a former associate of the Kray twins. When McVitie showed up at a party in.


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