#BettingPeople Interview SIR RUPERT MACKESON ‘The Bad Baronet’ 1/2
Sir Rupert Mackeson talks about his racing family background then his days as an amateur jockey and cavalry officer before embarking on a career in the city. When people started appearing under Black Friars bridge and coming so sticky ends in other nasty ways he decided to give up the city and life and become a smuggler in Africa instead. He was at one time considered to be Britain’s 7th most wanted man and 2nd only to Ronnie Biggs in giving Scotland Yard most trouble. He was kidnapped, fought his way off a plane and spent one night in a prison cell before almost inciting a riot – here’s his story in his own words….