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Queen Elizabeth II awarded Cummines the OBE in June 2011 in recognition of his services to reformed offenders. His autobiography, I Am Not A Gangster, was published 15 May 2014 by Random House's Ebury Press imprint.
Biography: At 16, Bobby Cummines became one of the youngest people in Britain to be convicted of carrying a sawn-off shotgun. Inside, he was introduced to the Open University and on his release he soon got down to business again. Its very very rare I actually want to read a book, but after watching an interview with this guy I was hooked.
He quickly became a gangland leader and was convicted of a number of serious offences including manslaughter and bank robbery. Despite being described as a gangster in media, Cummines has refused the label, saying he never considered himself one, instead stating he was a "businessman whose business was crime.
By bidding on, or purchasing this item, you are agreeing to us sharing your name and address details with that 3rd party supplier to allow us to fulfil our contractual obligations to you. You feel all emotions when reading this book and it is a very powerful honest account of a difficult life but of someone who came through. Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. Cummines said that with a criminal record, it was incredibly difficult to find another job, and so thought "if you're gonna make me a bad guy, I'll show you how bad I can be.
At 16, BOBBY CUMMINES became one of the youngest people in Britain to be convicted of carrying a sawn-off shotgun. He described the moment he decided to get into crime, saying two of his friends were walking with him at a park when one accidentally set off a starting pistol. I Am Not A Gangster is a blisteringly honest account of the inner workings of the most infamous crime syndicates known and life inside Britain's most notorious jails, but above all it's a remarkable tale of redemption with the biggest turnaround in gangland history.
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