![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/inside-ex-gangsters-sprawling-castle-complete-with-suits-of-armour/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/dave-op.jpg&description=THIS is what the inside of an ex-gangster's sprawling castle looks like - complete with suits of armour and a bust of his own head. Dave Courtney, 63, is a self-proclaimed former gangsta, who is said to have swapped his life of crime to become a recognised author and celebrity. Dave Courtney is a self-proclaimed former gangsta and he's showed off the inside of his homeCredit: BPM The 63-year-old's 'castle' is complete with suits of armour, a bust of his own head and fake weaponsCredit: BPM He lives in on a quiet South East London street, but his home is far from the norm. Dubbed Camelot Castle, the former-school turned mansion is spectacular on the outside - it's white and decorated with gold lions and Union Jacks. There is also a statue of a sniper peering over the wall, a replica of King Arthur's Sword in the Stone and a fake blue plaque reads: "David J Courtney born 17.2.1959 amusing raconteur, prolific author and infamous f***er resides here." Dave claims to have links to the Kray twins and be the inspiration for Vinnie Jones' character in Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels. And, as you walk around the side of his home, you see the famous mural which shows Dave sat on a throne in the form of his symbolic knuckle duster with his "friends" around him. The mural shows Lenny McLean, Freddie Foreman, the Krays, Howard Marks, Al Capone, and Al Pacino. It has fallen into disrepair but Dave says he plans to have a new one put up next year in the theme of the Last Supper. As you approach the front door, you see a picture of the late Queen. Dave is a royalist and said he queued for 13 hours with his 90-year-old mum for Her Majesty's lying-in-state. As he showed MyLondon around Camelot Castle, he picked up a call from his mum. He told them: 'Every good gangster loves his mum." And, this good gangster also loves himself, too. In the front room of the sprawling castle hangs a painting of Dave with a halo and angel wings. The former gangsta says the painter actually filled){kind=link}
THIS is what the inside of an ex-gangster’s sprawling castle looks like – complete with suits of armour and a bust of his own head.
Dave Courtney, 63, is a self-proclaimed former gangsta, who is said to have swapped his life of crime to become a recognised author and celebrity.
He lives in on a quiet South East London street, but his home is far from the norm.
Dubbed Camelot Castle, the former-school turned mansion is spectacular on the outside – it’s white and decorated with gold lions and Union Jacks.
There is also a statue of a sniper peering over the wall, a replica of King Arthur’s Sword in the Stone and a fake blue plaque reads: “David J Courtney born 17.2.1959 amusing raconteur, prolific author and infamous f***er resides here.”