Ronnie Knight, the clubland charmer under the spell of fame – archive, 5 January 1995

5 January 1995 Justice catches up with the gangland fi

Ronnie Knight, the former husband of actress Barbara Windsor and a fugitive in Spain for a decade, was jailed yesterday for seven years at the Old Bailey for his part in the £6million Security Express robbery in east London in 1983.

Knight, who will be 61 this month, admitted handling £314,813. His plea of not guilty to robbery was accepted by the Crown. Sentencing him, Judge Gerald Gordon said he took into account that Knight had voluntarily returned from Spain to stand trial and had pleaded guilty.

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