Jack The Hat Mcvitie Son
The Murder of Jack McVitie.
Jack the hat mcvitie son. He had acted as an enforcer and hitman with links to The Firm and was murdered by Reggie Kray in 1967. A known drug trafficker by the 1960s he had been an associate of the Kray twins for some time and although never a permanent member of The Firm was regularly employed to commit various. A known drug trafficker by the 1960s he had been an associate of the Kray twins for some time and although never a permanent member of The Firm was regularly employed to commit various.
Jack The Hat McVitie is stabbed to death. Reggie said that he killed Jack The Hat McVitie because the man was a vexation to the spirit. The nickname Jack the Hat is said to be because of a trilby hat that he wore to cover up his hair loss.
He fathered one son who was named Tony McVitie. This post explores the life of Jack The Hat McVitie one of at least two men who fell victim to the twins reign of. One of The East End of Londons villains.
McVitie had ties with a British crime organization known as The Firm. A year ago this week saw the publication of the first instalment in my Infamous Eastenders Series Discovering the Kray Family Tree an examination of the roots genealogy and family history of two of East Londons most notorious gangland figures Ronnie and Reggie Kray. His brother Reggie who went on to kill Jack The Hat McVitie in Stoke Newington North London also got life for that murder.
Lambrianou who since the age of 14 had a reputation as a thief and a fighter was jailed with his brother Chris for their part in the 1967 murder of Jack The Hat McVitie. The nickname Jack the Hat is said to be because of a trilby hat that he wore to cover up his hair loss. A small-to-mid-time gangster in London during the 1950s and 60s Jack the Hat was famously murdered by the Kray Twins--one of only two crimes of which they were convicted the other being the murder of George Cornel.
In the evening BBC1 had paid 280000 for a one hour interview with gangster Reggie Kray recorded a few days before his death. Of the killing he said. He fathered one son who was named Tony McVitie.