This autobiography has made Londons most infamous celebrity gangster - and the inspiration for the character Big Chris, played by Vinny Jones, in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels - an international star. Read about Dave Courtneys shady and amoral past, his time in jail, the violent encounters that put him there, and why he has decided its time to get out of the crim This autobiography has made Londons most infamous celebrity gangster - and the inspiration for the character Big Chris, played by Vinny Jones, in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels - an international star. Read about Dave Courtneys shady and amoral past, his time in jail, the violent encounters that put him there, and why he has decided its time to get out of the crime business. Meet machete-wielding Chinese waiters, unlicensed boxing promoters and debt collectors. See Dave bitten, beaten, stabbed and shot; and learn that prison didnt do anything except to make him determined always to be better at not getting caught.