Nipper Read
| Nipper Read | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Leonard Ernest Read 31 March 1925 Nottingham, England, U.K |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Former policeman and boxing administrator |
Leonard Ernest "Nipper" Read QPM (born 31 March 1925 in Nottingham, England)[1] is a British former policeman and boxing administrator.[2]
Career
Read served as a Petty Officer in the Royal Navy during the war. He joined the Metropolitan Police Service in 1947. He was Detective Chief Superintendent of Met's Murder Squad in 1967, and efforts of detectives led by him were responsible for the conviction of Ronnie and Reginald Kray (the Kray Twins). He held various positions as a boxing administrator, most notably chairman of the British Boxing Board of Control, Vice President of the World Boxing Council and Vice-President of the World Boxing Association.
He has published two autobiographies with ghostwriter James Morton; Nipper 1991; and Nipper Read: the man who nicked the Krays (2001).
In popular culture
- Read was parodied by Monty Python in their sketch "The Piranha Brothers", in which the titular brothers are caught by "Harry 'Snapper' Organs".
- Read was portrayed by actor Christopher Eccleston in the 2015 film Legend.[3]
References
- ↑ ,City detective who helped crack case
- ↑ ‘READ, Leonard Ernest, (Nipper)’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014; online edn, Oxford University Press 2013 ; online edn, Dec 2013 accessed 8 Aug 2014
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3569230/fullcredits/