I speak with Master Mechanic and the Original Motor Mouth, Bernie Fineman, star of Chop Shop: London Garage and Classic Car Rescue among other popular international car shows.  Bernie was raised in London's East End and began plying his trade in the automotive business at the age of 12. During the 1960's he came into contact with infamous gangsters, The Kray Brothers and "Mad" Frankie Fraser among other notorious criminals of the day.  When asked to transform their cars into getaway cars, who was Bernie to say "no"?

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Villains Episode 3. After surviving three assassination attempts and more than 40 years after the Grim Reaper was supposed to take him out, Bobby dispenses advice on managing employees, dealing with the law, and the basic tenets to running a criminal organisation. 

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In Villains Episode 2, Bobby reveals how every facet of setting up a criminal organisation is run like a legitimate corporate business from SWOT analysis and identifying competition to networking and day to day operations. 

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Villains is a new podcast featuring ex-offenders, felons and associates who have worked in and around the criminal underworld - all with a unique take on how this system functions in society…as they see it.

In Series 1 I speak with Bobby Cummines, ex-fixer, armed robber, and hitman. And O.B.E. Boasting the biggest turn around in the history of convicted felons, Bobby went from running rackets as a kid to running his own organised crime Firm in North London in the 1970's.  After a long stretch in Parkhurst Prison where Bobby stayed alive by his wits and famously negotiated a truce between gangland families The Kray Brothers and The Richardsons, Bobby left the life of crime behind. Earning several degrees and building a successful charity, Unlocked, helping convicts re-enter society, Bobby was awarded an OBE by Queen Elizabeth II in 2011 in recognition of his services to reformed offenders.

In Episode 1, Bobby brings us back to his roots, what drew him to a life of crime and how he learned how to build an underground business. Heading his own organised crime "Firm" Bobby built a ferocious reputation as a gangster, starting with his conviction the age of 16 for carrying a sawn off shotgun, the youngest in British history. Bobby is a successful author of two non-fiction novels, "I Am Not A Gangster" and "The Parkhurst Years".

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