DETAILED police documents kept by the detective who helped lock up the Kray twins are going on sale.
Det Chief Supt Leonard 'Nipper' Read spent years working to bring down the notorious criminal gang leaders.
From July 1964 he headed a special Scotland Yard squad investigating whether the brothers were operating a protection racket in London's East End.
In his reports to bosses, he documents his efforts to bring the gangsters to justice.
Talking about attempts to tamper with witnesses and get juries dismissed, his frustrations are clear.
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