‘I am hurting’: Dave Courtney filmed himself explaining pain months before death

The Telegraph published this video item, entitled “‘I am hurting’: Dave Courtney filmed himself explaining pain months before death” – below is their description.

Dave Courtney, who has died aged 64, was a nightclub bouncer, knuckle-duster wielding debt collector and latter-day henchman of the Kray brothers; he was nicknamed “Yellow Pages” for his gangland connections – until he decided to adopt the persona of media-friendly mobster, publishing a best-selling true crime memoir and making a living from television documentaries, films and speaking engagements, while also raising money for charity.

Courtney’s criminal resume included an attempt to steal a spider monkey from Crystal Palace Zoo; an incident in 1980 involving six Chinese waiters, a meat cleaver and a Samurai sword, which led to a year in Belmarsh (an initial charge of attempted murder was dropped).

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