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Fraser, who died aged 90 in 2014, thundered how the notorious hardman-turned-celebrity had embellished his tough man image and even accused him at one point of being a snitch.

Dave Courtney, East End gangster turned celebrity, adly passed away at his London home after shooting himself dead.

Courtney, one of Britains best-known gangster, made a name for himself through his affiliation with famous London East End hardmen such as identical twin criminals the Kays and Roy Shaw.

Sir Mark Rowley said the ex-British soldiers jailbreak from HMP Wandsworth was clearly pre planned and confirmed the prospect of jail staff helping him remained part of enquiries.

The Met is offering a reward of up to £20,000 for information that leads to the arrest of Daniel Abed Khalife, as detectives investigate a sighting of him near Wandsworth Roundabout.

Former soldier Khalife, 21, who is alleged to have spied for Iran, escaped from Wandsworth Prison in a van on Wednesday morning. Khalifes family have appealed for him to give himself up.

The Ministry of Justice is now investigating why someone accused of such serious offences was not placed in a higher security prison, as experts furiously question why Khalife was not seen as more of a risk.

Humiliated Prison Service bosses are under huge pressure to explain why alleged traitor Daniel Abed Khalife was placed in Category B HMP Wandsworth in south-west London.

Khalife, who was on remand ahead of his six-week terror trial, was meant to be working in the kitchens when he sneaked out and strapped himself underneath a truck that delivered food.

The Met Police admitted that the more than 150 cops charged with finding the escaped suspect, 21, have still not found Khalife, a former soldier who was on remand at HMP Wandsworth