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Royston Henry Shaw (11 March 1936 – 14 July 2012), also known as Roy "Pretty Boy" Shaw, Roy "Mean Machine" Shaw and Roy West, was a property investor, author and businessman from the East End of London who was formerly a criminal and Category A prisoner. During the 1970s–1980s, Shaw was active in the criminal underworld of London and was associated with the Kray twins. Shaw is best remembered today for his career as a fighter on the unlicensed boxing scene, becoming an arch-rival of Lenny McLean. [ citation needed] Early life [ edit ] I will never fight a normal man,” said the scrapper, unbeaten in 25 years of brutal warfare, “because I am liable to kill him with one punch.”

Brian Viner ""Last Night's Television – Whitechapel, ITV1; The Princess and the Gangster, Channel 4, The Independent, 10 February 2009.Morton, James (25 January 1999). "Obituary: Sir William Mars-Jones". The Independent. London . Retrieved 6 May 2010. Think about Kimbo Slice going into the UFC. He got owned by a runt because he didn't expect the guy to rush him and go all out ASAP.

He said the Italian-born gangster was assassinated in revenge for the murder of Knight's brother, David, who died after a fight at the Latin Quarter nightclub in London's West End in 1970. Bindon appeared as a character played by the actor Jason Merrells in the stage play A Princess Undone which opened at the Cambridge Arts Theatre in October 2016. [16] Filmography [ edit ] His killers shot him once and chased him down the street, before clubbing him with a gun and finishing him off with another shot through the head. Bindon's name was also linked with a succession of models, including Christine Keeler, [2] the former Playboy "Bunny Girl" Serena Williams, [2] and also Angela Barnett, then girlfriend and future wife of pop star David Bowie. [2] [8]He became a public mouthpiece for the gypsy community. His many projects included setting up a rehabilitation camp for travellers who wanted to be true Romanies. Clarkson, Wensley (2005). Bindon: Fighter, Gangster, Actor, Lover – the True Story of John Bindon, a Modern Legend. London: John Blake. ISBN 1-84454-116-9 Criminal robbery has one advantage: no one turns to the police. This was an easy deal - one where the risk of reprisal was countered by the magnitude of the payoff. Hole had chosen to make a statement of force that would make him a big enough face to leave Canning Town. Stephanie Beacham to play Princess Margaret on stage". The Daily Telegraph. 15 July 2016 . Retrieved 14 January 2019. Shaw never married but is survived by a son, daughter and grandchildren. He latterly lived in Waltham Abbey, Essex with two Rottweilers as pets. [ citation needed]