Charlie Seiga Livres

Charlie Seiga was one of the most dangerous men in Britain. Men were murdered on his patch, and many times the police marked him out as the killer. The killings were swift, brutal and brilliantly organised. The victims - liberty-takers and sadists - were all hard bastards who dealt in the most vicious kind of violence. Armed to the hilt, Charlie would target the bullies who picked on weak, defenceless victims, women and the elderly. His presence was a constant challenge to the lowlife who preyed on those who could not defend themselves. Charlie's story is an incredible tale of violence and crime; but it is also a story of one man's fight against the scum who break his deadly code of honour. It is the incredible autobiography of one of the most notorious figures in the history of British crime.

Times were hard in the 1940s and early '50s: kids went hungry and food was rationed; some families had to beg, steal or borrow to survive. But Charlie found his own way out. On a routine basis, together with his childhood gang, they became kid grafters (bang into crime). They did what they had to do, providing food to put on their family's table amongst other things. In 1953, aged 13, Charlie and his gang were always bunking off school. He went on to make further progress with his life. With his baby face and dressed as an office boy in a blazer, shirt, and tie, he was darting in and out of buildings in the city centre of Liverpool, buildings which provided rich pickings as he raided their cash drawers and safes.Charlie meets his mentor: an older woman, who was a professional in the business. She teaches him how to rob high-class jewellers of their expensive diamond rings: a well planned-out scene which is typical of the classic, highly rewarding cases of jewellery robberies of the time.Here's what Charlie has to say about his younger self: 'In 1954 and at the age of fourteen, I was earning more money than a professional adult. I was the richest poor teenager in Liverpool.'