#BettingPeople Interview JEFF LAUGHTON Professional Punter 2/4
#BettingPeople: Professional punter Jeff Laughton has been beating the bookies professionally for almost 20 years. His apprenticeship was an unusual one, he started working life as a policeman as part of the team that caught the Yorkshire Ripper, was a DJ while still a policeman, ran an entertainment business that used to pay Gary Barlow £60 to perform at one of their clubs then became a professional punter and successful owner. Simon Nott meets Jeff Laughton.
Jeff talks about buying his first horse which won fortuitously first time out, his trainers Jack Berry, Karl Burke and others in-between, his breeding operation, becoming a jockey’s agent, catching the Yorkshire Ripper and his dealings with a young Gary Barlow.