Sitting on the couch on the seventh floor of a north London assisted living facility is one of London’s most notorious gangsters. On the television is a true crime documentary showing an FBI investigation, while on the walls of the flat are photographs and books – many featuring his contemporaries – most of whom are now dead.
Known amongst London’s gangland fraternity as Brown Bread Fred, Freddie Foreman, the former enforcer for the Kray Twins still has some unfinished business.
‘There is one person who is still a thorn in the side. A mouthy b*******. But it’s all over now. I am not going to do something silly. I don’t want to give my daughter any aggravation. She’s a diamond.’
He admits at the age of 92 that his legs have gone and can barely move around the flat without a stick. He is also mindful of revealing too many details of his past life …