Today, this know knows the name Albert Lord. A Town Called Malice s1e8: Living on a Prayer
Rozzer: You even think about going for that gun, me and you are going to have a falling out.
Cindy: I didn’t know we were friends.
Rozzer: We’re not. Cunt. ibid.
Cindy: Where we heading?
Rozzer: Towards Justice. ibid.
Take a blade. Open him up if he won’t listen. Cometh the hour, cometh the Lord. ibid. dad
Why shouldn’t I? You put me here. Your corrupt system made me. They took my freedom and left me to rot in a cell for a crime I didn’t commit. ibid. Cindy to rozzer
What have you done, boy? ibid. dad
You shoot me, you become me. Is that what you want? ibid father to Gene
This is the story of how a gangster’s paradise was created in the heart of Europe. For a short period of time Spain was a place where British criminals could escape the law and live out their dreams. Secret History s11e3: Costa del Crime, Channel 4 2003
It was like being on a Hollywood film set all the while. It wasn’t real.’ ibid. Freddie Foreman
These criminals acquired an aura of glamour. Wanted men became celebrities. It was the stuff of legend. But behind the popular image of crooks on the run was a darker more violent reality. ibid.
The Costa del Sol was known as an easy place to launder dirty money. ibid.
And where the tabloids led, television followed. ibid.
There were at least 100 wanted men on the Costa del Sol who still couldn’t be touched. ibid.
Their high profile eventually became their undoing. ibid.
By the late ’80s ‘a bit of puff’ had become a multi-million-pound illegal business and the Costa crooks had become drug barons … Official attitudes changed. ibid.
‘If you can’t pay the bills, paradise fades somewhat.’ ibid.