Me and My Brothers by Kray Charlie

Author:Kray, Charlie [Charlie Kray and Robin Mcgibbon ]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780007347568
Publisher: Fourth Estate

I decided I had to talk to Dolly. Even though I knew Nancy was not my child I still wanted to see her; the upset of that last prison visit when Dolly had half-dragged her out still bothered me and I was missing her more than ever. I went to the flat in Poplar, which I had handed over to Dolly along with everything else, and discussed visiting arrangements. Dolly agreed it was best if I popped up whenever I liked and for the next few weeks I did that. For a while it was quite friendly; Dolly often cooked a meal and I looked forward to the visits, which I found rewarding and enjoyable.

Suddenly everything changed, however. For some reason Dolly decided she didn’t want me to see Nancy any more and I got a summons ordering me to go to court to fight over custody. I was shocked then angry, thinking this is all I need – court! I could not understand what it was all about. I didn’t want Nancy to leave her mother and live with me; I just wanted to see her once a week or so. Surely that could be arranged without the hassle and expense of going to court?

I started wondering what possible legal argument could be put forward to stop me seeing Nancy whenever I wanted. Surely Dolly wasn’t going to come clean and tell the truth about Ince? When Dolly’s solicitor eventually told me, I burst out laughing. ‘One of the points we shall be making,’ he said pompously, ‘is association.’

‘Oh, yes,’ I said. ‘And what do you mean by that exactly?’

‘That it is not in the child’s interests to be associated with you, a convicted criminal.’

I laughed in the solicitor’s face. Well, what a joke! Dolly knew full well that I had served a sentence for something I didn’t do, and here she was, living with a man who had done time for something he admitted, yet it was me who was not a good influence on Nancy.

The court case went ahead. I won the right to see Nancy once a week and did so for a while. But it became clear that Nancy was not bothered about seeing me and gradually I stopped going round to the flat altogether.

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