He was tapped for the Security Express job, he said, and he wanted a piece of the action. So what about those old crimes he has written about in the past? Evening Standard/Hulton Archive, via Getty Images, the self-described Godfather of British crime,. At the time, he was 82. I come from a criminal background, but not for one second have I ever been ashamed of my father or my world. To me, it was just the world I was born into. The final conversation between mother and son took place by Freddie's deathbed in his west London home, which he had bought for his Mary Austin, who he had treated as his platonic 'wife' since the end of their romantic relationship in 1976. But the lure of crime cut short his American dream. Then the cops charged him with the murder of Ginger Marks, who had disappeared in 1965. He was tapped for the Security Express job, he says, and he wanted, Hatton Garden heist: The target, the plan, the job, the investigation. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. There are stacks of gangster films, along with a biography, The Dark Charisma of Adolf Hitler., Paul Van Carter, director of Fred, a chilling 2018 documentary about Mr. Foremans life, called him the last living legend among the old school London heavy gangsters who came of age on the mean streets of the British capital after World War II. But Foremans association with them ended when all three were imprisoned. "I'm a bit of a night owl; I like to stay up late and get up late. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Foreman and wife Maureen had a lifestyle that was streets away from his childhood, living in a five-bedroom house and enjoying luxury holidays. I was at the Old Bailey at 16 years of age for affray. F****** hell! "Its opening old sores and old wounds," he says. She loved the fact that Freddies spirit lived on so strongly in the work we were doing, and that Freddie was always a physical part of our live shows. "And that applied to all of us - you don't steal off your own. Over Easter weekend, a group of aging thieves stole nearly $20 million in gems, gold and cash from a series of safe deposit boxes, climbing down an elevator shaft with diamond-tipped drills and busting through a concrete wall about 20 inches thick. I lived in a four bedroom villa, he said, between Marbella and Puerto Bans.. Reggie and Ronnie Kray Foreman now describes the gangland twins as bad news. "When I go to bed at night, the main thing I hope is that I wake up the next morning.". Brown Bread is cockney rhyming slang for "dead". I consider him a businessman who operated in the criminal world, Van Carter says. Now, Foreman lives a quiet life, sharing roast beef dinners with the other older residents in his building. If you're not sure what to write in a sympathy card, just focus on kindness. Mr. Foremans apartment is cramped, but he doesnt need much room after more than a decade of living in a prison cell, my every movement watched by screws, he said, referring to prison guards. He had been acquitted of these murders at an Old Bailey trial in the 1960s.[3]. I dont want to glorify anything, he says of the murders. and also to protect me from his dangerous world. Foreman is a little coy on the subject when pressed on film about all this by its director, Paul Van Carter. Foreman was one of the most feared gangsters in 1960s London, his brutal reputation earning him the nickname "brown bread" - or dead, in Cockney rhyming slang. On another occasion, when his philandering older brother George was shot in the groin by the irate husband of one of Georges girlfriends, Mr. Foreman said he had set out for revenge but had killed someone else by mistake. My uncle George was having an affair and was shot and almost killed by the womans husband, Jimmy Evans. He is sprightly in manner, but sometimes uses a walking stick, and two strokes and triple bypass surgery have slowed him down. I didnt have an education, he added. In time the spoils of crime were enough to finance a business empire a string of betting shops, a casino and a nightclub. He said he had tried to go clean by working in a meat market but he had hungered for easy money. But, he said, Jer never showed any sign of being rattled by her son's mischievous ways. They were strong and dangerous people, but I cant condemn people Ive loved all my life. My dad was a gangland boss. Its a funny word to use about men whose names today are still synonymous with crimes such as armed robbery and murder. Don't miss out on the biggest soaps gossip! Get a daily email direct to your inbox with our newsletter. The criminals sped away with 6m at the time of the heist in 1983 the largest cash robbery of the era. He said of his Glasgow. By the 1950s, he says, he had graduated to stealing washing machines and televisions. Dressed in a grey jogging suit, he pours two large glasses of wine. Without an adult's . gold and cash from a series of safe deposit boxes, climbing down an elevator shaft with diamond-tipped drills and busting through a concrete wall about 20in thick. Something went wrong, please try again later. I dont want to glorify anything Freddie Foreman. Love celebrity gossip? And a few days later I was being shown into her dressing room. It is explained that House hired Chase after his father "made a call". I was too old to fancy going to work, but it wouldve been one last roll of the dice, he said. Former London gangster Freddie Foreman is nearing the end of his life. Half a century after Jack The Hat McVitie was murdered by Reggie Kray, the man who had the job of disposing of his body is the subject of Fred: the Godfather of British Crime, a new documentary. It was posh people came from all over London, he says. Rightly or wrongly, baddies have been romanticised in films and literature. with stolen mink furs, jewellery and clothing. "They're all killing each other for no reason whatsoever, aren't they? He was just my dad. View our online Press Pack. The Krays he now describes as bad news and the film makes it clear what a grim and brutal crew they were. I was doing research for my book The Last Job, which tells the story of the Hatton Garden heist, an audacious 2015 burglary in Londons diamond district. Foreman leaving Bow Street Magistrates Court after being remanded in 1983, Twin brothers and organised crime bosses Ronnie and Reggie Kray in Cedra Court, off Cazenove Road in northeast London, 3 August 1964, Boxers Reggie (left) and Ronnie Kray with their mother Violet Kray in 1950, The Kray twins pictured on 23rd January 1953, when as teenagers they would report to a local gymnassium in the East End of London, Reginald Kray, one of the infamous Kray twins, celebrates his marriage to Frances Shae in April 1965, Notorious East End gangsters Ronnie (right) and Reggie (left) Kray in October 1965, London gangsters Ronnie and Reggie Kray refresh themselves with a cup of tea in 1966, London gangsters Ronnie and Reggie Kray at home having a cup of tea in 1966, East End London gangster Reggie Kray lights up a cigarette for his twin brother Ronnie in 1969, The holes drilled to gain access to the Hatton Garden Safe Deposit, Foreman attends the funeral of Ronnie Biggs at Golders Green Crematorium, Foreman was a freelance hitman for the notorious Kray twins, Support free-thinking journalism and attend Independent events, Godfather of British crime Freddie Foremanspeaks to Dan Bilefskyabout turning down the Hatton Garden heist, what the Krays were really like, and how hes the last one left, Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in, Please refresh your browser to be logged in, It was Easter Monday, and five thieves three wearing balaclavas, two in monkey masks and all of them armed and speaking with fake Irish accents had broken into a security company in, We gave the guards tea, and no one went to hospital, and I am proud of that, says Foreman, a stocky man whose grandfatherly demeanour is hard to square with his former incarnation as a freelance enforcer for. He still works out, using two purple dumbbells. By 14 Id seen plenty of gangster films, and discovering my dad was the real deal undoubtedly gave me a buzz. His real entry into the underbelly of London crime came in the 1960s when he was recruited by the Kray brothers, under whose tutelage he earned another of his nicknames: the Undertaker. The Kray twins' most feared enforcer Freddie Foreman reveals the biggest regret of his life He put three kids through boarding school, lived in a mansion and travelled all over the world - all. Dressed in a gray jogging suit, he poured two large glasses of wine. So I looked for a scapegoat, someone else to blame. In addition to the athlete never publicly commenting on Jordan's relationship with Fletcher,. Despite Freddie's close bond with his mother, he felt unable to spill his greatest secret to his family, including his sister Kashmira Cooke. "Reggie would sit on the fence and he would go either way. I didnt have an education, he adds. A ruthless criminal still feared and revered to this day. Then in August 1990 Kash and I saw a mark on his foot," Roger recalled in 2006. Did any of the media worry you?' As a member of the Kray twins ' gang, The Firm, he has been linked to. Dads exploits let us enjoy the finer things of Swinging 60s London. Asked whether Freddie had ever told her the truth about his sexuality, his emotional mum whispered, "no". Estrangement is voluntary. While a great deal of the true crime shows doing the rounds on streaming services have been focusing on American serial killers, it's easy to forget that there's much, much more to the genre than Ted Bundy - even on UK shores. But nobody will help you in this business. "I don't want to glamourise or crime, far from it. A heavyweight villain with an unbelievably bloody past, Freddie is the last living legend of the Krays' London underworld. Apparently eager for company, Foreman is instantly welcoming when I knock on his door, unannounced, at a residence for seniors in Maida Vale in west London. And it would be fair to say that no one has acquired quite as many nicknames as Foreman. Why Freddie Mercury died without telling family he was gay - and what happened next Queen frontman Freddie Mercury died on November 24 1991, just 24 hours after telling the world he had. All told, he spent 16 years in prison for various crimes, an experience he called a living hell. The biopic was written and directed by Paul Van Carter. Foreman is married to Maureen Foreman. Why do people still admire the Kray Twins? ", Jer added: "He was so ill and still he was being so caring.". When one of the guards, who was blindfolded and tied to a chair, hesitated to reveal the vaults combination, the gang put lighter fluid under his nostrils and threatened to light a match, one of the thieves, Freddie Foreman, now recalls. He was introduced to them in the early 60s through their elder brother Charlie. She would say, Fred Foreman, youre going to end up hanging from a noose. . There. When one of the guards, who was blindfolded and tied to a chair, hesitated to reveal the vaults combination, the gang put lighter fluid under his nostrils and threatened to light a match, one of the thieves, Freddie Foreman, recalled recently. is no greater dishonour than not being able to support your family, he says. But his years on the run came to an end in 1990, when he says he was lured to a Spanish police station and arrested. she said. I've got seven grandsons and two granddaughters, Ive got great-granddaughters and I hope they never fall foul of the law.". Freddie Foreman[1] (born 5 March 1932), better known as Brown Bread Fred, is an English publican, gangster, former associate of the Kray twins and convicted criminal. Something went wrong, please try again later. He is equally tightlipped about Mitchell, whom the Krays had helped escape from Dartmoor prison and hidden in London, but who had become a loose cannon; according to Foreman today, Mitchell had been armed and vowed to take six policemen with him rather than return to jail. He has even chosen the music for his funeral, he says, a 1930s song called Live and Let Live. But my dad took things that didnt belong to him every day. In this special documentary, Foreman reveals the audacious details of the heists, double crossings . I would still be there if I could, he adds wistfully. Rather than glamorizing Foreman's life of crime, Fred is billed as a somber and intimate look at the notorious villain towards the end of his life. Reggie was released from prison on compassionate grounds in August 2000 after he was diagnosed with cancer, and died in Freddies arms in October the same year. I guess I did something right.. What did he think of the film? As a member of the Kray twins ' gang, The Firm, he has been linked to countless murders and served a total of 16 years in prison. This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. But the lure of crime cut short his American dream. Now hes reflecting on that time in the film Fred, which traces Foremans life from his impoverished wartime childhood through his longstanding criminal career. FREDDIE MERCURY'S MUM UNVEILS MEMORIAL TO ICONIC SINGER, Baby Freddie Mercury and his mother Jer Bulsara, Freddie Mercury and his Mother, Jer Bulsara, Freddie's mum Jer and sister Kashmira, who protected his legacy after he died, Freddie performing at Wembley with Queen in July 1986, Freddie's father Bomi with Jer and Kashmari at the unveiling of the Queen star's statue in Montreux, Jer died in 2016, with Brian May paying a sweet tribute to her. There was no way I was going to write my own dad off as an evil man. Did I hate my father for the things hed done? In the late 1970s, Foreman moved to the United States, where he ran a vending-machine business in Allentown, Pennsylvania. When I was 18 and my mother discovered my revolver in my bedroom closet, she told me I was going to end up hanging from a noose. There are stacks of gangster films, along with a biography, The Dark Charisma of Adolf Hitler. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. He said that the gang had tried to recruit him and he regretted that he hadnt gone. Foreman was later sentenced to nine years imprisonment[4][3] for handling proceeds from the Security Express robbery in Shoreditch, East London in 1983, which at the time was the largest cash robbery in the UK along with Ronnie Knight and Cliford Saxe. Fred 'Freddie' Foreman used to work alongside the infamous . We gave the guards tea, and no one went to the hospital, and I am proud of that, said Mr. Foreman, a stocky man whose grandfatherly demeanor is hard to square with his former incarnation as a freelance enforcer for the Krays, the notorious identical twin gangsters who stalked London in the 1950s and 60s. Hatton Garden suspect committed similar burglary five years earlier, I tell Foreman that Im hoping he can shed some light on what would possess a group of geriatric criminals to come out of retirement. But what is stated clearly and concisely in the film is fact: Freddie Mercury and his family identified as Indian Parsi. I was too old to fancy going to work, but it wouldve been, Foremans home is cramped, but he doesnt need much room after more than a decade of living in a prison cell, my every movement watched by screws, he says. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. Fred: The Godfather of British Crime is written and directed by Paul Van Carter (The Guv'nor) and is available to watch on Netflix. At that time Society was different then. Id be lying if I said it didnt bother me. Reminiscing about the episode, Foreman, the self-described Godfather of British crime, now 87 years old, says the break in at Security Express was humane. I had been hoping that Mr. Foreman could shed some light on what would possess a group of geriatric criminals to come out of retirement. I remember being blown out of my bed by an explosion and seeing childrens bodies on the streets, he says. I would stand by my dad no matter what. People often forget that.". There was sun and sangria and birds. He is sprightly in manner, but sometimes uses. Some people reckon it was their taste for celebrity, others blame Ronnies increasingly unstable mind. Pop stars such as Cat Stevens and Manfred Mann were regulars, along with Bobby Moore and other West Ham, Spurs, Millwall and Chelsea footballers. Holes bored through a 20-inch-thick concrete wall into a vault in Hatton Garden, London, where millions of pounds of gems, gold and cash were stolen by a group of aging thieves in 2015. It was a surreal, terrible dream. Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in, Godfather of British crime Freddie Foreman speaks to Dan Bilefsky about turning down the Hatton Garden heist, what the Krays were really like, and how hes the last one left, Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profile. But I could NEVER be angry with my hero. Their children Jamie - who went on to be an actor starring in EastEnders - Gregory and Daniella were educated at boarding school. We've been anticipating a movie about the life of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury for the last seven years -- when it looked like Borat himself, Sacha Baron Cohen, might play the . He recalls how he tried to punch and kick his way out of the police car as it sped by the beach, on the way to the airport, and that he was drugged like an animal before eight police officers bundled him onto a plane. The legendary Queen frontman was one of the first high-profile gay men to succumb to Aids when the global crisis was unfolding, yet he never came out to his own family, despite dropping frequent hints. Would he have gone with Perkins on that one last job if he had been asked? He was acquitted of the killing because of a lack of evidence, including the body, which Mr. Foreman later said had been dumped in the English Channel. And Freddie's wife Maureen died three years ago, although the couple had separated by then. I was curious about my dad and one day I went to the library to read everything I could about him. Tragically, Freddie died on November 24 - just a day after putting out a brave and defiant statement about his HIV status. She stood by me all the time I was away in prison, visiting me all up and down the country. He was tapped for the Security Express job, he says, and he wanted a piece of the action. Foreman has 3 grandchildren. Though Ronnie was the nutty one, I found him more genuine," Foreman says now. In real life, Hopkins hasn . I couldnt thank her enough. I was too old to fancy going to work, but it wouldve been one last roll of the dice, he says. Freddie said: 'You have to understand that what I have is terminal. "The worst crime a man can commit is bringing up his family in poverty so I don't regret any of my actions. "Charlie was a great friend of mine," Freddie recalls. The word estrangement was never in my vocabulary before it happened to me seven years ago. And the thrill of once again being part of the game.. When you send funeral flowers, you're letting the recipient know you're thinking of them. They liked me, they were nice birds, and I became their protector, he said, using a slang term for women. Foreman was arrested years later for handling the proceeds of the robbery after he had moved to the Costa del Crime in Spain, bought property and opened his club. And like many parents, I was ashamed and reluctant to talk about it (68% of those who are estranged from . Anything for Freddies son, darling, she said. His ability to mete out rough justice - and his shrewd business brain - brought him to the attention of the Krays. A shelf is crammed with memories of his former life: a black-and-white portrait of him as a scrappy 17-year-old bare-knuckle boxer, a photograph of the Kray twins. His real entry into the underbelly of London crime came in the 1960s when he was recruited by the Kray brothers, under whose tutelage he earned another of his nicknames: the Undertaker. Family estrangement has been defined as distancing and loss of affection that occurs over years or even . No one ever caused any trouble. Marks had been involved in an attack on Foremans philandering brother, George, who was shot in the groin for having an affair with a local villains wife. But they began to run amok, shooting people in broad daylight and they dragged my dads name down with them. "I had to be strong. Come and sit down.. I vividly remembered Ronnie and Reggie Kray babysitting me. ", Netflix says: "This is a sombre examination into the psyche of former London gangster Freddie Foreman: 85 years old, allegedly responsible for multiple murders, and nearing the end of his life. It did, but only at first. "He didn't want to upset us. LONDON It was Easter Monday, and five thieves three wearing balaclavas, two in monkey masks and all of them armed and speaking with fake Irish accents had broken into a security company in East London. His main motivation for crime, he said, was that he had a wife,. A heavyweight villain with an unbelievably bloody past, Freddie is one of the last living members of the Krays' seedy London underworld. Fred was released in the UK on 17 March 2018. Much to his indignation, as there was then no extradition treaty between Spain and the UK, he was hoisted back to England still in his shorts and flip-flops. My uncle owned a drinking club with Ronnie Knight who was married to Barbara Windsor. Obviously I needed a bit of cash, so I went for it. How do the two worlds compare? He said that he had tried to go clean by working in a meat market but that he had hungered for easy money. By the 1950s, he said, he had graduated to stealing washing machines and televisions. Theres only been one film (of that genre) I really liked and that was The Long Good Friday. "I've served 16 years in prison: 16 Christmases, birthdays. If that sounds bad, so be it. He got 10 years. For others, the end of an unhappy and complicated relationship just comes as a. They live six miles from Augusta National. There is no greater dishonour than not being able to support your family, he says. Freddie Mercury left a legacy when he passed away in November 1991 at the young age of 45 - however the music icon also took many of his secrets to the grave. Take Fred Foreman, who was a notorious London gangster in the 60s, known for his associations with the famed crime duo, the Kray Twins - and now also the subject of his very own doc. Is there less of a moral code now? "We gradually became aware he had an illness but we had no idea what it was or how serious it was. But he also had other duties. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. "We had a good life - the best education, best clothes, cars and holidays abroad. This showed how tough you were., Would any of todays young post-code gang members, who also seek that word respect by stabbing each other, be writing their memoirs or appearing on film in half a century? I lived in a four bedroom villa, he says, between Marbella and Puerto Bans.. For further details of our complaints policy and to make a complaint please click this link: thesun.co.uk/editorial-complaints/, Freddie, now 86 had the nickname"Brown Bread" Cockney rhyming slang for dead, Freddie the enforcer - whose 1960s nickname was 'Brown Bread', Freddie used to be a ruthless criminal and is still feared and revered to this day, Ronnie, right, and Reggie Kray were pals of Foreman's and The Firm, as their gang was known, ruled the dark streets of East London, Freddie was born in poverty in Battersea, London, and insists he experienced hard labour before turning to a life of crime, The Great Train Robbery of 1963 saw the theft of 2.3million from a travelling post office train headed to London from Glasgow, Freddie's son Jamie Foreman played Derek Branning in EastEnders between 2011 and 2012, Freddie was proud to provide his family with all the trappings of a luxurious life, Freddie says that the Kray twins had sympathetic sides to them and could be very generous with money, The Kray brothers were charged with engineering the jail escape of Frank "Mad Axe" Mitchell before murdering him, something Freddie still finds difficult to talk about, Freddie Foreman with Barbara Windsor in 1996, "I can't stand what's happening with the younger generation now with the knives," says Freddie, who insists he doesn't want to glamorise crime, Freddie admitted to shooting fellow Kray henchman Frank Mitchell in his 1996 autobiography, Respect, Former East End criminals Tony Lambriano, left and Freddie Foreman attend the funeral of Charlie Kray in 2000, Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO). Freddie has had numerous nicknames, including The Undertaker, Brown Bread Fred and the High Executioner. I am estranged from my sister, because she is still close to my mother. "I'm not happy about this, Paul," he says at one stage as he revisits the scene in. As a film about his life and crimes is released, the longtime associate of the Kray twins talks about todays knife gangs, mentoring Tom Hardy, and how theres nothing glamorous about his violent past. I guess I did something right.. I am not a monster. He eventually separated from Maureen, who died several years ago. Former gangster Freddie Foreman was a Krays associate and ruthless criminal, feared and revered by his contemporaries and infamous . He does it again when asked about it today. Soon, Mr. Foreman was ruling over a swath of South London and owned pubs, betting shops and a nightclub called Hamilton House. "The worst crime a man could commit is to bring his family up in poverty.". 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