The Kray twins

Reginald "Reggie" Kray (24th October 1933 - 1st October 2000) and his twin brother Ronald "Ronnie" Kray (died 17th March 1995) were the foremost perpetrators of organised crime in London's East End during the 1950s and 1960s. Ronald, commonly referred to as Ron or Ronnie, suffered from paranoid schizophrenia. The Krays were involved in armed robberies, arson, protection rackets, violent assaults including torture and the murders of Jack "The Hat" McVitie and George Cornell. They were arrested on 9th May 1968 and convicted in 1969 by the efforts of a squad of detectives led by Detective Superintendent Leonard "Nipper" Read, and were both sentenced to life imprisonment. Ronnie remained in prison until his death on 17th March 1995, but Reggie was released from prison on compassionate grounds on 26th August 2000, a few weeks before his death from cancer.