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Detective Leonard ‘Nipper’ Read who put the Kray twins behind bars died from coronavirus, say family

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The detective Len ‘Nipper’ Read who put the infamous Kray twins away has died of coronavirus at the age of 95, his family say. The Met legend died yesterday, ten days after catching the virus while he was in hospital with a foot infection, according to a family member. Read, who left school at the … Read more

Leonard ‘Nipper’ Read who put the Kray twins behind bars has died

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Scotland Yard detective Leonard ‘Nipper’ Read who famously put the notorious Kray twins behind bars dies aged 95 Read who was a Detective Superintendent in the Met Police died this morning A statement by the Met police released after Read’s death called him a legend  East end mobsters the Krays were arrested in May 1968 … Read more