Tag: Bertie Smalls

On this day 31 January 2008, Derek Creighton “Bertie” Smalls died of natural causes aged 72.

Bertie Smalls was one of Britain’s most prolific armed robbers who, through an act of self-preservation, succeeded in changing the way in which the British police dealt with serious crime. After many years as a professional criminal, he helped create a legal precedent by giving up the cream of London’s armed robbers in exchange for Read more…