Boxer Freddie Mills trains for the fight with Len Harvey. Gone. In 1948 Mills became world light heavyweight champion- a title he held for two years, before he retired at the . Such a failing with standard practices has encouraged rumours for the past fifty years. In common with the other victims, she was completely naked. Huntman explained he was finally coming forward because all the men involved were now dead - and he wanted Mills' children to know the truth. 'Tell Freddie I'll be there on the July 25 and I'll give the money to him personally. Mills then borrowed a .22 calibre FN automatic rifle from a friend by pretending it was for a fancy dress party - a move he hoped would make his death look like suicide. The man has never been named. In the author's opinion, this was destroyed by the officer, who feared being exposed to public humiliation if his secret arrangement with Mills was ever made public. But a third theory never went away he died in a gangland hit. Boxing Freddie Mills puts on exhibition match in Chard, Somerset. vacant Commonwealth (British Empire) Heavyweight Title, White Hart Lane (Tottenham FC), Tottenham, BBBofC British Light Heavyweight Title Campbell says: I saw a documentary about Freddie and their theory of what happened. In the role of an outsider I was asked to present an objective view of what the evidence suggested. His family and many of his closest friends - who included numerous celebrities and major criminals, including the Kray twins - were convinced he had been murdered, but police ruled his death a suicide. Or did he take his own life after some of his own dark secrets were exposed? Roger added: 'This massive guy came over and whispered in my father's ear, who's turned to the table and said 'Mills is dead. He was there, he was there on the night Mills was shot.". OMahoney, author of Wannabe in My Gang: From the Krays to the Essex Boys, said: Reggie made a confession about another murder on his death bed, didnt he? The Mafia associate Lanksy had big plans for turning the West End into Britains Las Vegas and he chose Benny Huntman (Rogers father) to be his inside man in London. But BBC Four's Murder in Soho: Who Killed Freddie Mills? Frederick Percival "Freddie" Mills (26 June 1919 - 25 July 1965) was an English boxer, and the world light heavyweight champion from 1948 to 1950. McVitie had fallen foul of the twins, who considered him a liability. Boxing Hero. She had been strangled just like the previous two victims. Original publication : Picture Post - 5908 - Woodcock V Mills - unpub. sex or gender. According to Campbell, Mafia bosses viewed Mills as a loose cannon who could spill their secrets. Thursday 26 Jun 1919. Under Review. Crowned light-heavyweight champion of the world in 1948, he was a colourful fighter who seemed impervious to pain. Prof Brian J Ford, a scientist and forensic Investigator was undertaking independent academic research and had doubts about the suicide verdict. Freddies family never believed he would take his own life. Freddie Mills was born on June 26, 1919 (age 46) in England. Born. The serial killer, dubbed Jack the Stripper, was never found, but now a journalist claims he has compelling evidence it was British world champion boxer-turned-actor Freddie Mills, who was a Freemason. Wingate recalls the reasons for this omission vividly in the BBC documentary. Info about the boxer Freddie Mills, debut 1963-09-10. Mills silver-grey citroen parked in Cobblestone Yard behind his club. Charting the remarkable rise and ultimate demise of Londons infamous gangland mobsters, the Kray twins. SLUMPED in the back-seat of his silver Citroen DS19 sports car which was parked in its usual spot behind his Soho nightclub, boxing legend Freddie Mills lay dead - blood pouring from the hole be_ixf; php_sdk; php_sdk_1.4.18 British Crime. He had apparently been suffering from dizzy spells and bouts of depression for some time.'. Later I found out it was Meyer Lansky. As television work dried up he found the press less interested in him. There were suggestions he took his own life to avoid being exposed as a serial killer dubbed Jack the Stripper. Peter Cobblah boxer. Moments later a stranger approaches with the fairground rifle and opens the back door on the drivers side of the Citroen. He later suffered from headaches that are now believed to have been brain damage. 09:40 GMT 28 Jul 2018. But by 1965 the dazzling spotlight of fame was beginning to dim on Freddie. Freddie lived in Denmark Hill, South London until his death. Between 1959-65 the killer was believed to have murdered up to eight women, dumping naked bodies in or near the Thames. [CDATA[// >