RAY BISHOP HAS HAD A SOMEWHAT CHEQUERED LIFE. HE WAS WELL-KNOWN ON THE LANDINGS OF TOP SECURITY PRISONS, NO STRANGER TO DRUGS AND VIOLENCE HE SERVED DOUBLE-FIGURE SENTENCES FOR ARMED ROBBERY, POSSESSION OF FIREARMS AND PEOPLE SMUGGLING. HE ESCAPED THE DOCK OF A MAGISTRATES COURT USING A HOMEMADE SYRINGE AND NEEDLE HELD TO A GUARD'S NECK AND SPENT MONTHS ON THE RUN. AFTER YEARS OF CRIME AND PUNISHMENT, RAY APPLIED FOR HMP GRENDON, AND SPENT 4 YEARS IN INTENSIVE GROUP THERAPY. WHILST GETTING HIMSELF CLEAN OF DRUGS AND WORKING TO CHANGE HIS LIFE, HE ALSO LEARNED TO BOX AT THE AGE OF 36 WHILST IN PRISON.