Jimmy Tippett Senior was a prolific Light Heavyweight boxer who Henry Cooper concedes `battered him` during a sparring session. After losing his licence for assaulting several police officers Jimmy used his ring craft preventing trouble on the streets of 60`s south London.

He was present the night the Krays cousin was shot dead by the Richardson gang in the battle of Mr Smiths. His son Jimmy went straight from school to work as a driver for some of the capital's biggest villains. Soon he was on the rise, immersed in a high-octane life of drug deals, armed robberies and gun running.

He sold luxury cars, 10,000 pound watches and fake America Express cards. He dated Page 3 girls and actresses like Daniella Westbrook, was a regular at the most expensive clubs and blew cash like confetti. His best friends were the most dangerous young crooks in the country. A vicious spiral of cocaine and crime led him to Belmarsh Prison, Britain's toughest jail.