I Am Not A Gangster

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At 16, BOBBY CUMMINES became one of the youngest people in Britain to be convicted of carrying a sawn-off shotgun. Bobby was sent to prison for the first time in 1967, aged 16, and over the next decade he established himself as a hardened criminal running protection rackets and robberies against a backdrop of all-out gang warfare, where doorstep slayings and bloody shoot-outs were common. At 16, Bobby Cummines became one of the youngest people in Britain to be convicted of carrying a sawn-off shotgun. Only this time his efforts saw him go from custody of Her Majesty’s Prison Service to meeting with the Queen herself. Ernie worked with the police to entrap Cummines, telling him he had an Uzi sub-machine gun for sale, allowing multiple armed police to ambush and arrest him.

In his autobiography, Cummines details how he met a broad range of people, from members of the Irish Republican Army to American gangsters. His passion is talking to young people in schools and colleges, deterring them from what they might perceive as a glamorous lifestyle by highlighting the harsh realities of crime and prison. He also used a brutal method common in the underworld, filling his shotgun with rock salt instead of buckshot–doing less damage but causing serious pain and removing any forensic evidence. If you ask, he'll tell you he was simply a businessman and it just so happened his business was that of a hitman, armed robber and fixer.Cummines claims he was taught to dehumanize anyone he killed, to think of them as vermin, [2] saying that if you did think about it then you would think of their families and guilt.

Despite being described as a gangster in media, Cummines has refused the label, saying he never considered himself one, instead stating he was a "businessman whose business was crime. I had the honour and pleasure to meet the author recently and found him to be an entertaining an interesting travelling companion, but as there are a lot of people in the world who claim to have been there , done that et cetera , I take my tall tales of the old days with a pinch of salt, perhaps he picked up on this as he recommended I read his book. The book was okay I would have liked to hear more about his life of crime rather than his work after his time in prison. He described the moment he decided to get into crime, saying two of his friends were walking with him at a park when one accidentally set off a starting pistol.

You feel all emotions when reading this book and it is a very powerful honest account of a difficult life but of someone who came through. Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item. He was told that if he pleaded guilty to the possession charge, he would only have to pay a 10 shilling fine, whereas if he chose to proceed to a trial, he would likely be convicted and sentenced to time in a borstal.

By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. Cummines turned his life around in prison after a conversation with Charlie Richardson, who urged him to become educated and earn money without hurting anyone.Cummines was sentenced to 18 years when an arms dealer (referred to as "Ernie" in his autobiography) informed and told the authorities almost everything Cummines and his gang had done. He has said that if he had not wanted to escape criminal life he would have used these techniques, such as building bombs or smuggling illicit goods. He quickly became a gangland leader and was convicted of a number of serious offences including manslaughter and bank robbery. I first saw a random clip of Bobby Cummines being interviewed on social media, and was so captivated by his brief story, I just had to get his book. This led authorities to designate him as a class "A" prisoner, causing him to be frequently moved from one prison to another.