Nipper Read

British police officer and boxing administrator
Died on Wednesday April 8th 2020

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@EvilStevieB: @Slippery_Jack Never seen the film, but I read the novelization when I was a nipper. - 4 years ago

@freshchachacha: RT @ChildsPlayBooks: Our #HomeBookHub is full of FUN ACTIVITIES like these inspired by @lucydillamore's puptastic NIPPER AND THE LUNCHBOX!… - 4 years ago

@clairejk: RT @MPSHeritage: We are sad to announce that Leonard "Nipper" Read QPM died this morning aged 95. A Met legend, he is best known for his pa… - 4 years ago

@mannyrhino: @captaintommoore @HayleyLeeds1919 @HollyM_Photo My great granddad served in Burma. I've still got the old campaign… - 4 years ago

@lucydillamore: RT @ChildsPlayBooks: Our #HomeBookHub is full of FUN ACTIVITIES like these inspired by @lucydillamore's puptastic NIPPER AND THE LUNCHBOX!… - 4 years ago

@pubspotlight: RT @ChildsPlayBooks: Our #HomeBookHub is full of FUN ACTIVITIES like these inspired by @lucydillamore's puptastic NIPPER AND THE LUNCHBOX!… - 4 years ago

@ChildsPlayBooks: Our #HomeBookHub is full of FUN ACTIVITIES like these inspired by @lucydillamore's puptastic NIPPER AND THE LUNCHBO… - 4 years ago

@ChrisFarrelly: RT @ChrisFarrelly: Earliest twenties ones I could find. A few have seen them before. Usually Nipper Read and the Met. - 4 years ago

@ChrisFarrelly: Earliest twenties ones I could find. A few have seen them before. Usually Nipper Read and the Met. - 4 years ago

@Caelilu: Me, having not read a single word about this beyond a few headlines: “okay, duh we knew this, Nipper” - 4 years ago

@Em33Coles: RT @MPSHeritage: We are sad to announce that Leonard "Nipper" Read QPM died this morning aged 95. A Met legend, he is best known for his pa… - 4 years ago

@kevinmitchell50: A proper copper. - 4 years ago

@EmHughes2020: RT @BoxingNewsED: Leonard 'Nipper' Read brought down the Kray twins and helped the British Boxing Board of Control survive. Rest in peace,… - 4 years ago

@PaulZanon1972: RT @BoxingNewsED: Leonard 'Nipper' Read brought down the Kray twins and helped the British Boxing Board of Control survive. Rest in peace,… - 4 years ago

@BoxingNewsED: Leonard 'Nipper' Read brought down the Kray twins and helped the British Boxing Board of Control survive. Rest in p… - 4 years ago

@chriskingstl: RT @hywjones: RIP Nipper Read , the Top Cop who nicked the Krays. At 95, he outlived them all. A well respected Cop. He contracted the Coro… - 4 years ago

@spikycomms: If you can’t read it it says: “you will recognise this George drew it in a flash. We all think it’s marvellous for such a nipper” - 4 years ago

@OfEverton: RT @Matt_Johnson_UK: A legend. Leonard 'Nipper' Read, the detective who caught the Krays, succumbed to coronavirus overnight. - 4 years ago

@BoxingNewsED: Leonard 'Nipper' Read brought down the Kray twins and helped the British Boxing Board of Control survive. Rest in p… - 4 years ago

@Corky_MKHornet: Only found out about this today. A Met Police legend. He’d had a great innings, but another person taken by this… - 4 years ago

@deadpeoplecom: A moment of silence for Nipper Read - #NipperRead #Nipper #Read #rip - 4 years ago

@patomahony1: @maryrose Ah, read enough of that as a nipper. - 4 years ago

@mazzahamish: RT @eagleradio: UK News - Detective Leonard 'Nipper' Read who arrested Kray Twins dies aged 95 - 4 years ago

@thetree_man: RT @JamesEFoster4: Sad news as well as his a Police career and obvious links with the Krays he was a massive figure in British boxing. Sle… - 4 years ago

@forensicrg: Proper policing...Leonard 'Nipper' Read - 4 years ago

@BernardQuack: #RIP2020 this week Nipper Read (95). Detective who lead the team that arrested the Krays. Boxing administrator 👮🥊… - 4 years ago

@GHmltn: RT @UofGCOO: A Nipper cocktail - a tribute to Leonard ‘Nipper’ Read, who died this week. As a Chief Superintendent with the Murder Squad, R… - 4 years ago

@UofGCOO: A Nipper cocktail - a tribute to Leonard ‘Nipper’ Read, who died this week. As a Chief Superintendent with the Murd… - 4 years ago

@inequals: @Richard90850020 how have I still not seen this? Eraserhead is one of the earliest film names I remember, because I… - 4 years ago

@PhilB667: Time on your hands means reading the papers more carefully than usual @afneil The Daily Mail re-printed it's cover… - 4 years ago

@TristanNarbrog: @rickp1999 I read it as gospel on spycraft as a nipper. - 4 years ago

@djamadden: RT @steveclarkuk: A proper hero: a great piece on Leonard 'Nipper' Read, the policeman who caught the Krays - 4 years ago

@hiddeninherhead: Leonard ‘Nipper’ Read obituary - 4 years ago

@parkster59: @CorneliusRacing @Telegraph Doug and Dinsdale Piranha were loosely based on Reggie and Ronnie Kray, and the policem… - 4 years ago

@redofpurple: RT @CorneliusRacing: Following terrific obit in @Telegraph, Thursday of Kray twins-arresting police officer ‘Nipper’ Read, a tremendous let… - 4 years ago

@RednorthUK: The legendary Nipper Read amongst the C19 deaths - 4 years ago

@lecrin: RT @CorneliusRacing: Following terrific obit in @Telegraph, Thursday of Kray twins-arresting police officer ‘Nipper’ Read, a tremendous let… - 4 years ago

@les090543: RT @CorneliusRacing: Following terrific obit in @Telegraph, Thursday of Kray twins-arresting police officer ‘Nipper’ Read, a tremendous let… - 4 years ago

@SimonSm72898123: RT @CorneliusRacing: Following terrific obit in @Telegraph, Thursday of Kray twins-arresting police officer ‘Nipper’ Read, a tremendous let… - 4 years ago

@TheStevieGinger: Leonard 'Nipper' Read the detective who brought down the Kray twins die age 95 - 4 years ago

@Bickley14: RT @CorneliusRacing: Following terrific obit in @Telegraph, Thursday of Kray twins-arresting police officer ‘Nipper’ Read, a tremendous let… - 4 years ago

@tomlin28: RT @mikeulyatt1: Sad to hear of death of Nipper Read, former Chairman of British Boxing Board of Control. I helped to bring the Board’s AGM… - 4 years ago

@kimbaileyracing: RT @CorneliusRacing: Following terrific obit in @Telegraph, Thursday of Kray twins-arresting police officer ‘Nipper’ Read, a tremendous let… - 4 years ago

@mikeulyatt1: RT @mikeulyatt1: Sad to hear of death of Nipper Read, former Chairman of British Boxing Board of Control. I helped to bring the Board’s AGM… - 4 years ago

@mikeulyatt1: Sad to hear of death of Nipper Read, former Chairman of British Boxing Board of Control. I helped to bring the Boar… - 4 years ago

@jdjhowell: RT @steveclarkuk: A proper hero: a great piece on Leonard 'Nipper' Read, the policeman who caught the Krays - 4 years ago

@juniperdt: Leonard 'Nipper' Read was so short he had to fib to join the police - 4 years ago

@BeingBoycie: RT @steveclarkuk: A proper hero: a great piece on Leonard 'Nipper' Read, the policeman who caught the Krays - 4 years ago

@steveclarkuk: A proper hero: a great piece on Leonard 'Nipper' Read, the policeman who caught the Krays - 4 years ago

@beeswax04: RT @SkyNews: Detective Leonard 'Nipper' Read, who arrested Britain's most notorious gangsters, the Kray Twins, has died - 4 years ago

@Armytage: RT @CorneliusRacing: Following terrific obit in @Telegraph, Thursday of Kray twins-arresting police officer ‘Nipper’ Read, a tremendous let… - 4 years ago

@jayevansz: This might be the dumbest tweet u've ever read; I used a nipper to pluck my eyebrows. A NIPPER. REAL. NIPPER. NOT A TWEEZER. - 4 years ago

@PMcf12: RT @PromisesRust: @TheEnglishLeft ha, ha, true. The odd moment of frustration aside, this has been bliss for us. Plenty of time together, w… - 4 years ago

@PromisesRust: @TheEnglishLeft ha, ha, true. The odd moment of frustration aside, this has been bliss for us. Plenty of time toget… - 4 years ago

@FedUpAngelina: RT @mikeparry8: I was very sorry to learn of the death of legendary cop Leonard "Nipper" Read, the man who put the Kray twins away for life… - 4 years ago

@KeechA13: Nipper Read vs Nick Adderley. Compare and contrast. - 4 years ago

@KeechA13: Detective Leonard 'Nipper' Read who arrested Kray Twins dies aged 95 - 4 years ago

@stuarthollis01: RT @SkyNews: Detective Leonard 'Nipper' Read, who arrested Britain's most notorious gangsters, the Kray Twins, has died - 4 years ago

@harlequinpub: ... eden project (eden camp) scope (gyroscope) leonard cheshire (leonard "nipper" read / cheshire) macmillan (harol… - 4 years ago

@tommy_chronic: wowww - if anyone has seen the movie Legend about the Kray Twins, the real-life Detective Nipper Read passed away f… - 4 years ago

@Police_Gazette: Former President of the World Boxing Council, and Chief Superindent, Leonard 'Nipper' Read. The man who bought dow… - 4 years ago

@mleach44: RT @michaelwhite: Hats off to Nipper Read, a straight & smart copper. The Krays didn’t get him, but Covid did ( at 95) - 4 years ago

@keymer: Nipper of the Yard. RIP. Leonard ‘Nipper’ Read, detective who brought Kray twins to justice – obituary - 4 years ago

@AndrewGibsonMBA: Sorry to see that Nipper Read died this week. He is a legend of British crime fighting, including collaring the Kra… - 4 years ago

@Lunerbase: RT @mikeparry8: I was very sorry to learn of the death of legendary cop Leonard "Nipper" Read, the man who put the Kray twins away for life… - 4 years ago

@DavidPassdirect: RT @mikeparry8: I was very sorry to learn of the death of legendary cop Leonard "Nipper" Read, the man who put the Kray twins away for life… - 4 years ago

@AlistairWotton: RT @mikeparry8: I was very sorry to learn of the death of legendary cop Leonard "Nipper" Read, the man who put the Kray twins away for life… - 4 years ago

@seanheld: RT @mikeparry8: I was very sorry to learn of the death of legendary cop Leonard "Nipper" Read, the man who put the Kray twins away for life… - 4 years ago

@UmpireBell: RT @mikeparry8: I was very sorry to learn of the death of legendary cop Leonard "Nipper" Read, the man who put the Kray twins away for life… - 4 years ago

@mikeparry8: I was very sorry to learn of the death of legendary cop Leonard "Nipper" Read, the man who put the Kray twins away… - 4 years ago

@JoeCushnan: BBC News - Kray twins detective 'Nipper' Read dies aged 95 - 4 years ago

@chrisrobwill: Lovely anecdote from Nipper Read - 4 years ago

@MrHolness: @BBCArchive Hello, there is a wonderful 1976 interview (7/10/76) with Leonard ‘Nipper’ Read in the BBC archives. An… - 4 years ago

@varun18vijay: RT @guardianworld: Leonard ‘Nipper’ Read obituary - 4 years ago

@ChristianCawley: RIP Harry "Snapper" Organs - 4 years ago

@stevestannard4: RT @JTasioulas: Leonard ‘Nipper’ Read, detective who brought the Kray twins to justice – obituary - 4 years ago

@DevenneySDP: RT @JTasioulas: Leonard ‘Nipper’ Read, detective who brought the Kray twins to justice – obituary - 4 years ago

@hiltonholloway: RT @thetimes: Nipper Read secured his place in the mythology of crimebusting as the man who brought the notorious Kray twins and other memb… - 4 years ago

@PhilLudgate: So Nipper Read has succumbed to Covid 19. The twins will no doubt be waiting, hopefully to discuss their common lov… - 4 years ago

@jamesawarren: RIP Leonard 'Nipper' Read. The detective responsible for arresting and building the case against the #Krays has di… - 4 years ago

@PracademicStA: RT @thetimes: Nipper Read secured his place in the mythology of crimebusting as the man who brought the notorious Kray twins and other memb… - 4 years ago

@TimesONeill: RT @thetimes: Nipper Read secured his place in the mythology of crimebusting as the man who brought the notorious Kray twins and other memb… - 4 years ago

@CabellCraig: So Nipper Read is gone. A shame he couldn’t manage another five years. Sleep well. - 4 years ago

@Haiirocyon: Farewell Nipper, you inspired so much! #forensic - 4 years ago

@MrHolness: @BBCSounds Hello, there is a wonderful 1976 interview (7/10/76) with Leonard ‘Nipper’ Read in the BBC archives. Any… - 4 years ago

@Gunner70947481: RT @policeofficer: Leonard ‘Nipper’ Read dead: Police officer who brought the Kray Twins to justice dies aged 95 #UK #EOW - 4 years ago

@creektothewest: RT @policeofficer: Leonard ‘Nipper’ Read dead: Police officer who brought the Kray Twins to justice dies aged 95 #UK #EOW - 4 years ago

@Karrasamelia5: RT @policeofficer: Leonard ‘Nipper’ Read dead: Police officer who brought the Kray Twins to justice dies aged 95 #UK #EOW - 4 years ago

@policeofficer: Leonard ‘Nipper’ Read dead: Police officer who brought the Kray Twins to justice dies aged 95 #UK #EOW - 4 years ago

@TUMMEY24: RT @BBCEngland: Kray twins detective 'Nipper' Read dies aged 95 - 4 years ago

@TomWaite99: @bbcemt Nipper Read’s autobiography is well worth a read if you’re looking for something to fill your time. Fascina… - 4 years ago

@safc4ever: RT @thetimes: Nipper Read secured his place in the mythology of crimebusting as the man who brought the notorious Kray twins and other memb… - 4 years ago

@sa_solomon: RT @thetimes: Nipper Read secured his place in the mythology of crimebusting as the man who brought the notorious Kray twins and other memb… - 4 years ago

@RFC477: RT @thetimes: Nipper Read secured his place in the mythology of crimebusting as the man who brought the notorious Kray twins and other memb… - 4 years ago

@jacquihames: What a way for a legend to pass #ripNipperRead Detective who jailed Kray twins dies 'after contracting coronavirus'… - 4 years ago

@DavidCollinsST: Brilliant obit of "Nipper" Read of the Yard here - - 4 years ago

@grancake: RT @whitford747: Back in the day our police ⁦were mainly up against “our own.” Now they’ve multiple enemies; County line drugs Nigerian fra… - 4 years ago

@Oldbutthappy: RT @whitford747: Back in the day our police ⁦were mainly up against “our own.” Now they’ve multiple enemies; County line drugs Nigerian fra… - 4 years ago

@CELESTRON1957: RT @Artemitzi: Leonard ‘Nipper’ Read obituary - 4 years ago

@Artemitzi: Leonard ‘Nipper’ Read obituary - 4 years ago

@geridavies: RT @WBCBoxing: Leonard ‘Nipper’ Read has died - 4 years ago

@M0NTYs8Th: RT @BluehandRising: And with his passing goes the last of the real cops.. he had the publics respect and criminals feared him.. RIP Nipper… - 4 years ago

@Paul_Tweed: - 4 years ago

@AnnetsDavid: - 4 years ago

@WeLoveLondon3: RT @MPSHeritage: We are sad to announce that Leonard "Nipper" Read QPM died this morning aged 95. A Met legend, he is best known for his pa… - 4 years ago

@s9tmt: RT @mwilliamsthomas: The legendary former Det Ch Supt Len 'Nipper' Read who led the investigation into the Kray's, and was part of the inve… - 4 years ago

@matthewbate: RT @brokenbottleboy: This is a phenomenal obituary - 4 years ago

@ta2dalchemist: RT @UnlikelyWorlds: RIP Leonard ‘Nipper’ Read. - 4 years ago

@gjmarklew: RT @kakapojayne: Goodbye to this hero. Sad they didn't mention that Leonard "Nipper" Read was the inspiration for Harry "Snapper" Organs fr… - 4 years ago

@LesleyDowner: - 4 years ago

@jwomack: RT @LRB: ‘He was a thief-taker of the old school; any form of rehabilitation for prisoners was “the biggest load of rubbish that could ever… - 4 years ago

@KrisSn: RT @LRB: ‘He was a thief-taker of the old school; any form of rehabilitation for prisoners was “the biggest load of rubbish that could ever… - 4 years ago

@ArranDH: ⁦@MailOnline⁩ Read was promoted beyond Det Superintendent rank & retired as Assistant Chief Constable of the Nottin… - 4 years ago

@UnlikelyWorlds: RT @LRB: ‘He was a thief-taker of the old school; any form of rehabilitation for prisoners was “the biggest load of rubbish that could ever… - 4 years ago

@BowStSociety: RT @BBCEngland: Kray twins detective 'Nipper' Read dies aged 95 - 4 years ago

@svencjohn_steve: RT @TimesObits: Nipper Read secured his place in the mythology of crimebusting as the man who brought the notorious Kray twins and other me… - 4 years ago

@lachlanmartin: RT @guardiannews: Detective who jailed Kray twins dies 'after contracting coronavirus' - 4 years ago

@fred95390957: Detective who put Kray twins behind bars 'died from coronavirus' - 4 years ago

@parkster59: @kateaustin496 Doug and Dinsdale Piranha were loosely based on Reggie and Ronnie Kray, and the policeman who pursue… - 4 years ago

@SueLeugers: RT @guardiannews: Detective who jailed Kray twins dies 'after contracting coronavirus' - 4 years ago

@groverivertrips: RT @mwilliamsthomas: The legendary former Det Ch Supt Len 'Nipper' Read who led the investigation into the Kray's, and was part of the inve… - 4 years ago

@NickBeech7: RT @Police_Oracle: Nipper Read, the detective who put the Krays away, dies aged 95 - 4 years ago

@shatherley2: RT @MPSHeritage: We are sad to announce that Leonard "Nipper" Read QPM died this morning aged 95. A Met legend, he is best known for his pa… - 4 years ago

@nadenlad: RT @allan_brodie54: Leonard ‘Nipper’ Read obituary - 4 years ago

@redbrowny31: #coronavirus takes a legend! - 4 years ago

@BevVincent: RT @UnlikelyWorlds: RIP Leonard ‘Nipper’ Read. - 4 years ago

@S_K_Wilson: RT @guardiannews: Detective who jailed Kray twins dies 'after contracting coronavirus' - 4 years ago

@Jebbster1975: RT @mwilliamsthomas: The legendary former Det Ch Supt Len 'Nipper' Read who led the investigation into the Kray's, and was part of the inve… - 4 years ago

@PETERDAZELEY: Detective Superintendent Leonard 'Nipper' Read who arrested the #KrayTwins for #murder & was part of the team that… - 4 years ago

@FellBound: I see Leonard 'Nipper' Read died yesterday aged 95. Certainly passed under my radar. - 4 years ago

@Carlfletcher15: RT @guardiannews: Detective who jailed Kray twins dies 'after contracting coronavirus' - 4 years ago

@TimesObits: Nipper Read secured his place in the mythology of crimebusting as the man who brought the notorious Kray twins and… - 4 years ago

@Tich_TinyT: RT @Whistleblowerat: RIP Mr Leonard Read. - 4 years ago

@SynFutures: RT @JTasioulas: Leonard ‘Nipper’ Read, detective who brought the Kray twins to justice – obituary - 4 years ago

@JTasioulas: Leonard ‘Nipper’ Read, detective who brought the Kray twins to justice – obituary - 4 years ago

@MikeHobsonEsq: RT @MPSHeritage: We are sad to announce that Leonard "Nipper" Read QPM died this morning aged 95. A Met legend, he is best known for his pa… - 4 years ago

@BorisMellor: - 4 years ago

@high_bread: RT @guardiannews: Detective who jailed Kray twins dies 'after contracting coronavirus' - 4 years ago

@lennyukdeejay: RT @kakapojayne: Goodbye to this hero. Sad they didn't mention that Leonard "Nipper" Read was the inspiration for Harry "Snapper" Organs fr… - 4 years ago

@kakapojayne: Goodbye to this hero. Sad they didn't mention that Leonard "Nipper" Read was the inspiration for Harry "Snapper" Or… - 4 years ago

@BKnoppLeicsPol: RT @hywjones: RIP Nipper Read , the Top Cop who nicked the Krays. At 95, he outlived them all. A well respected Cop. He contracted the Coro… - 4 years ago

@keingless: RT @MPSHeritage: We are sad to announce that Leonard "Nipper" Read QPM died this morning aged 95. A Met legend, he is best known for his pa… - 4 years ago

@MColvinMcKenzie: RT @guardiannews: Detective who jailed Kray twins dies 'after contracting coronavirus' - 4 years ago

@JamilAh70466352: RT @guardiannews: Detective who jailed Kray twins dies 'after contracting coronavirus' - 4 years ago

@LittleAussie_Me: RT @theroyaleditor: Metropolitan Police Heritage Centre said: 'We are sad to announce that Leonard 'Nipper' Read QPM died this morning aged… - 4 years ago