Showing posts with label John 'Goldfinger' Palmer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label John 'Goldfinger' Palmer. Show all posts

Saturday, June 11, 2022

John 'Goldfinger' Palmer

The unsolved murder of John 'Goldfinger' Palmer has nearly reached the 7 year mark. The Essex gang boss gained his 'Goldfinger' moniker after being acquitted of handling bullion from the £26m Brink's-Mat raid in 1983. Palmer died after being shot six times on June 24, 2015. A gunman shot the gangster three times from point-blank range and then three more times in the back as the 64-year-old lay on the ground. A mortally wounded Palmer walked a short distance towards his house before collapsing.
The week of his death he was busted in a wide ranging fraud. The underworld believed Palmer was offering information on other criminals.
Once described as the richest mobster in the UK, Palmer left a long trail of corpses in his wake. Cops believed that virtually all of his £300m fortune came from swindles, violence, racketeering and money laundering.