Description
| Product ID: | 9781803991030 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Locks, Bolts and Bars |
| Subtitle: | A Life Inside |
| Authors: | Author: John Massey |
| Page Count: | 320 |
| Subjects: | Autobiography: general, Autobiography: general, True crime, European history, History, True crime, British & Irish history, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), 21st century |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Bank robber, convicted murderer, escape artist. John Massey's autobiography reveals what it's like to spend five decades inside John Massey''s story is unique. Having spent a childhood in Borstals and children''s homes, he was arrested and charged with murder in 1975. At large during the 1960s and early 1970s, Massey was a member of a notorious group of bank robbers, as well as being one half of a criminal duo the Flying Squad dubbed Laurel and Hardy. His career of crime saw him hijack a police car after stealing £25,000 from a bank in Romford, steal a huge sum of money from the Sunday Mirror''s weekly payroll, undertake two daring prison escapes, both of which made front page headlines, and live a life undercover in the Costa del Sol working for drug smugglers. He has served time, 43 years in total, in almost every prison in the country and has known every notorious gangster and villain from the 1960s to the present day, including members of the IRA. In Locks, Bolts and Bars, Massey, star of Channel 4’s What Makes A Murderer and Britain’s longest-serving prisoner, reveals the day-to-day realities of spending five decades inside, what it takes to escape, and is a heart-breaking account of what life on the inside can teach us about life on the outside. |
| Imprint Name: | The History Press Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | The History Press Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-03-02 |
