#128. Dave Courtney & Carlton Leach Chat London Gangsters
Eventful Lives Podcast
Dodge Woodall
5 • 857 Ratings
🗓️ 8 March 2023
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
Dave Courtney and Carlton Leach’s paths crossed many times throughout their years in the London criminal underworld. They have a shared history in the rave scene, old school security, and the inevitable drugs business that came with it.
Dodge has brought them together to discuss everything from building their firms, gangland rivalries, their most dangerous moments, and the toughest brawlers they knew from an era of very handy doormen.
Delving into the duo's biggest regrets and their thoughts on the state of crime as we know it today.
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| 0:00.0 | People pay dearly for being my friend. |
| 0:05.0 | You pay dearly for being associated with Dave Courtney |
| 0:08.0 | because the authorities don't like the glamourising crime |
| 0:11.0 | and oh you're gangster-oriented, you know. |
| 0:14.0 | They do use you as well, Dave. |
| 0:15.0 | Of course they do. |
| 0:16.0 | They will use you. |
| 0:17.0 | Of course they do. |
| 0:18.0 | We're stepping stones. |
| 0:19.0 | Right. |
| 0:20.0 | Because you'll come're comedy. Absolutely. |
| 0:24.3 | But everyone wants to be a fucking chief after about six months. |
| 0:25.8 | Well, what are you, the governor? |
| 0:32.1 | When anyone says to us about the trouble, the world today, how you're going to hear? |
| 0:37.7 | The problem here is today is no one understands the importance of the pecking order. Yeah. |
| 0:38.4 | Right? |
| 0:38.7 | There has to be a private, corporal, the sergeant, a captain, a major. |
| 0:44.3 | There has to be a pecking order. |
| 0:45.9 | Now, everyone wants to be in charge, yeah? |
| 0:48.2 | And it don't work that way. Welcome to the Eventful Lives podcast. |
| 1:01.1 | I'm your host Dodge and I'm the founder of Bournemouth Sevens, the world's largest |
| 1:05.1 | sport and music festival. |
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