The Kray twins, Ronald and Reginald, aged 35, were sentenced to life imprisonment yesterday, Mr Justice Melford Stevenson recommending that they should be detained for a minimum of 30 years - the longest sentences ever passed at the Central Criminal Court for murder
EARLY DAYS
Ronald and Reginald Kray, described as company directors, of the Glenrae Hotel, Seven Sisters Road, were remanded in custody until January 15
Charles Kray told him: 'Just tell the truth Sidney, that is all.' Vaughan retorted: 'That is not so easy when you are dealing with McCowan'
The retrial of the Kray twins and Edwards Smith, alleged to have been concerned in a plot to obtain 'protection' money from a Soho club owner, collapsed yesterday
FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES
Lord Boothby told reporters he had only seen Mr Kray twice on business matters
Lord Boothby told reporters at his flat at Eaton Square, London, last night, how he first heard rumours about himself and Ronald Kray
FRANK MITCHELL
Reginald Kray and another man were charged with murdering escaped Dartmoor prisoner Frank Mitchell soon after allegedly helping him to escape
A few minutes after Frank 'axe man' Mitchell had been shot four times through the head in an East End street, a telephone call was made to one of the Kray brothers saying: 'The dog is dead'
Jury find the Kray twins guilty of the murders of George Cornell and Jack McVitie in under an hour
GEORGE CORNELL
John Dickson said in evidence yesterday, that while in a car with Ronald and Reginald Kray, Ronald told his brother that he had 'shot George'
Ronald Kray denied in evidence at the Central Criminal Court yesterday that he went to the Blind Beggar public house in Stepney, on the night that George Cornell is alleged to have been killed there
JACK "THE HAT" McVITIE
A witness said yesterday that he saw Reginald Kray stab a man to death while the man was being held from behind by Ronald Kray
Mr Jack McVitie had twice tried to escape before he was killed, a prosecution witness said
Mr. Dickson said he was quite sure he had heard it said that Mr McVitie was stabbed 10 times
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