For confidential support call Samaritans on 116123 or visit. Latest Rugby World Cup 2023 news, including fixtures, live scores and resultsDave Courtney's lodger and lifelong best friend has revealed the ex-gangster shot himself with a pistol because he wanted to 'go out rock 'n' roll style' instead of continuing his painful battle with prostate cancer.
Mr McGirr said: 'Dave watched the rugby with me, we both had a chuckle about England losing in the last minute as usual. I said to him I'm off to bed and he said I'm off to bed too and that was the last thing he said to me. I found his body the next morning and he was at total peace. He made a decision, he controlled his life, he controlled his ending and made the decision.
READ MORE: Dave Courtney told podcast 'I am the f***ing afterlife' and revealed he was ready to 'embrace' death Advertisement The hardman - who was the inspiration for Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels' Big Chris - had been in high spirits after watching a football match with friends and drinking into the earlier hours of Sunday morning.
'Dave turned his life around from crime to working with charities and understanding younger children with ADHD and helped them. It was probably something he suffered as a kid but no one knew about it then. The hardman - who was the inspiration for Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrel's Big Chris - ended his life in his famous Camelot Castle padDave Courtney 's daughter Lillie Eliza Berr poses with her father in this candid photograph
One group of well-wishers turned up in a Rolls Royce. They asked police whether they could lower his trio of British flags to half-mast but police told them they could not be touched. Ex-gangster Dave Courtney from London poses on the Croisette during the Cannes Film Festival, where he is promoting his film 'Hell to Pay'
Speaking to Graft Kings, he said: 'I do believe in something, whatever it is, whatever it is, whatever his name is, whether he has got a halo.I'm not saying I am running away, or looking forward to it.'It wouldn't frighten me, I think I'd be smiling before my head hit the floor.' READ MORE: Dave Courtney confesses to killing rival Advertisement It comes just three months after Courtney was hauled to court after police found weapons in his home.