Did you ever meet the Kray twins when they were alive?What were they really like?Were they evil men?

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  1. Nubar Gulbenkian
    Yes, I met them in the punishment cells in Parkhurst Prison on the Isle of Wight. I was confined there for nine of the thirteen months that I was in that prison. I had climbed onto the roof with twenty one others to protest about the turnkeys going around at night, opening cells and beating inmates in Albany Prison, next door to Parkhurst. Following the demo; which began on August Bank Holiday in 1972; I was in the punishment cells and I got into a fight with a rapist where he got second prize and I was sentenced to six days of "Number 1" diet. That is one pound of bread per day and as much water as you could drink, it can get boring. The twins were brought in with another guy, also serving multiple life sentences with a thirty year recommendation, for battering a psycho bully. They had seen me on the roof and saw by my cell card that I was on punishment. First Ronnie sent a turnkey in with tobacco, papers, matches, strikey and some soap. Then Reg followed it up with a tin of cod roe and told the screws to "give that young lad a bit of salad" to eat it with. They were too scared to refuse them and so my punishment ended there and then. I thanked the twins and, over the next few weeks, became friendly with them but I never got familiar with them as I didn't think it wise. Eventually, the powers that be moved me and the twins blessing preceded me to the next prison. Although I knew nobody at the new prison, people were falling over themselves to help me settle in, they had been told that I had the patronage of the twins. It was a great help and we kept in touch for some years, until I left prison, determined to never return. Reg was the more gregarious of the two, Ron was content with his own company or that of his brother and a close friend, Joey Martin. They were unfailingly courteous, always dressed immaculately and very softly spoken and I was grateful for their support when I needed it but I was not under any illusions about them or their capacity to inflict violence, I had seen what they could do. RegRon R.I.P.
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