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Eastenders Leslie ''Dirty Den'' Grantham Fighting for his life

Eastenders Leslie''Dirty Den''Grantham Fighting for his life

then fight with everything you got you legend

Nice to see everyone supporting a convicted murderer :umm2:

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Originally Posted by bitontheslide (Post 10037041)

Nice to see everyone supporting a convicted murderer :umm2:

that is his character in eastenders ;)

but he is a legend, so yes we support him

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Originally Posted by bitontheslide (Post 10037041)

Nice to see everyone supporting a convicted murderer :umm2:

Am no fan of Grantham but his crime was a long time ago, he served his sentence and hasn't reoffended.

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Originally Posted by Nicky91 (Post 10037043)

that is his character in eastenders ;)

but he is a legend, so yes we support him

No Nicky, the actor himself was sent to prison for murder many years ago too

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Originally Posted by AnnieK (Post 10037045)

No Nicky, the actor himself was sent to prison for murder many years ago too

oh, i misunderstood it then

[“Leslie remains poorly and is being taken care of by medical staff” ]

What is it
Cancer of some type?

Not nice for a Top Actor
who has a real criminal history.

Sad Day
unless he is on Sustainable meds etc.

https://cdn.images.dailystar.co.uk/d...am-1360113.jpg
Some years back.

[LESLIE GRANTHAM: EastEnders' Dirty Den is gravely ill in hospital]

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Originally Posted by bitontheslide (Post 10037041)

Nice to see everyone supporting a convicted murderer :umm2:

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Originally Posted by AnnieK (Post 10037044)

Am no fan of Grantham but his crime was a long time ago, he served his sentence and hasn't reoffended.

Whaaaat :o

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Originally Posted by Niamh. (Post 10037222)

Whaaaat :o

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On 3 December 1966, Grantham attempted to rob a taxi driver, Felix Reese, in Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, West Germany. A struggle between Grantham and the driver followed, and Reese died from a gunshot wound to the head.[5][6][7] In his statement to the police following his arrest, Grantham said that he did not know the gun was loaded and it had gone off during the struggle, which would have resulted in a conviction for manslaughter if a jury believed this version of events. However, at his trial in 1967 he was subsequently convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. Although he had committed the murder in West Germany, he served the entirety of his imprisonment in various British prisons. This was because soldiers and officers convicted of any criminal offence that warrants a sentence of over two years are automatically transferred to Her Majesty's Prison Service, since they are also automatically dishonourably discharged.

Grantham was released in 1977, having served 10 years. While he was in Leyhill Prison, he acted in several plays for inmates and members of the public, and edited the prison newspaper. He was encouraged to get more involved in acting professionally by Labour Party politician T. Dan Smith, who had also been an inmate at Leyhill in the mid 1970s. He also met actress Louise Jameson during her visit to Leyhill in the mid-1970s; she had also encouraged him to take up acting and he became good friends with her.

Always found it weird that he was allowed to become so famous and celebrated...

Hopefully he ends up being okay.

I'm not gonna judge him on his past as I really don't know enough about the case bar a basic summary on Wikipedia.

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Originally Posted by Shaun (Post 10037224)

Always found it weird that he was allowed to become so famous and celebrated...

It's because the UK is big on rehabilitation to it's very core, including convicted criminals being able to get top jobs.

If it stops them re-offending when they come out of Prison then I don't mind.

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Originally Posted by Shaun (Post 10037224)

Always found it weird that he was allowed to become so famous and celebrated...

Oh wow, I never knew this, how the **** does someone get out of prison after 10 years when they get a Life sentence??? That's so insulting to that poor man he killed, just trying to earn a living.

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Originally Posted by Shaun (Post 10037224)

Always found it weird that he was allowed to become so famous and celebrated...

He had a 2nd chance in Life,
what is wrong with that?

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Originally Posted by Niamh. (Post 10037230)

Oh wow, I never knew this, how the **** does someone get out of prison after 10 years when they get a Life sentence??? That's so insulting to that poor man he killed, just trying to earn a living.

10 years is a long time.

Did his Time
then worked hard.

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Originally Posted by arista (Post 10037494)

10 years is a long time.

Did his Time
then worked hard.

10 years is piss poor for murder and I'd be disgusted if I were that poor taxi drivers families

Sorry, i don't subscribe to the ... oh it was a long time ago ... he served his sentence dialog. He was found guilty of murdering someone, and there isn't any way back from that in my book

It was briefly mentioned on the morning show ,poor guy hope he gets better but sounds serious . I was even recently thinking about a funny EE episode where him & his son Dennis set Phil up lol .

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Originally Posted by bitontheslide (Post 10037567)

Sorry, i don't subscribe to the ... oh it was a long time ago ... he served his sentence dialog. He was found guilty of murdering someone, and there isn't any way back from that in my book

For the princely equivalent of £8.00 too.

Just reported
he has sadly Died.

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