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Noel 'Razor' Smith (born 1960 in London, United Kingdom) has fifty-eight criminal convictions and has spent the greater portion of his adult life in prison. Whilst in prison he taught himself to read and write, gained an Honours Diploma from The London School of Journalism and an A-Level in Law. He has been awarded a number of Koestler awards for his writing and has contributed articles to the Independent, the Guardian, Punch, the Big Issue, the New Statesman and the New Law Journal. Smith served a life-sentence for armed robbery. His autobiography, ''A Few Kind Words and a Loaded Gun ''was published by Penguin in 2004.〔()〕 He then went on to write ''A Rusty Gun: Facing Up To a Life of Crime'' in 2010 after serving at the unique rehabilitation prison HMP Grendon, and moving to HMP Blantyre House and being released on May 12, 2010.〔 ==Criminal career== He grew up in the Holloway Road area and in Balham. He was first arrested for stealing apples and at that time had a positive view of the police. However, whilst playing truant from school at the age of 14 with a friend, he was picked up by the burglary squad and was beaten and tortured by them. They were then forced to confess to a series of burglaries that they had never committed. When the case came to court, he admitted to making-up the burglaries and the magistrate ordered the police to investigate, leading to the charges being dismissed and being recommended to sue the police. This then led to harassment by the police on several occasions, for example raiding the family home to the extent where they had no option but to drop the charges. In his own words, he 'threw () into crime'. 'It was like an all out war for me' and this led to Smith being sent to a detention center. At the age of 16 he appeared at the Old Bailey for armed robbery and possession of firearms and sentenced to 3 years. He used the contacts that he made during this sentence to become a professional robber, and spent his life as a professional criminal in and out of prison. He committed over 200 bank robberies and was given a 26 year sentence, of which he served 11 years, and spent most of it reading. He was released in 1997, but was jailed for life on the two-strikes act, after a robbery spree. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Noel 'Razor' Smith」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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