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Torture of wife Reggie Kray never made love to as he slept with men
Apr 13, 2025
Within weeks of his marriage to his young bride Frances Shea in April 1965, Reggie Kray was taking out his anger on her during the sadistic and violent rages horribly familiar to anyone who crossed him and his twin Ronnie during their reign of terror in London’s East End.
One night, knowing how morbidly squeamish his 21-year-old wife was, he deliberately cut his own hand and bled all over her.
Such abuse was all too typical in a relationship dominated by the fear which left Frances in the throes of breakdown and drugs, and led to tragedy two years later.
Things started miserably on their honeymoon in Athens. Black-and-white photos taken at the Acropolis show an unhappy, uncomfortable couple, completely at odds with their surroundings – and with each other.
Most nights, Reggie went out drinking, often leaving Frances alone in their hotel and, according to the Krays’ business associate Micky Fawcett, failed to consummate the marriage. Fawcett recalled how, just after they returned from Greece, the newlyweds joined him for a drink at the Krays’ El Morocco club in Soho.
‘I’d hardly said “hello” before she said in front of him, “Do you know he hasn’t laid a finger on me in all the time we’ve been away?” Reggie himself didn’t sound angry, though, just defeated. “Cor, I’m glad it’s you she’s told,” he said sadly “and no one else.”’
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