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Alfie Solomon
- It might surprise some to learn that the character is based on a real-life Jewish gangster from the early 20th century, Alfie Solomon. While he probably wasn’t as powerful as the fictional portrayal suggests, he partnered with Sabini and ran protection rackets around Farringdon and Clerkenwell, becoming an important member of the operation.
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Dec 1, 2020 · The real Charles Sabini was based on the real London-based gangster of the same name. Chares Sabini was a British-Italian gang leader and criminal, based in Clerkenwell, London.
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Despite this, he became the top gangster in southern England. Sabini's men provided a variety of "services" to bookies, which they did not in fact need such as tools they already had like chalk and "dots and dashes".
May 14, 2019 · Charles ‘Darby’ Sabini was a central figure in the police records and press reporting about the racecourse wars, with dramatic references to the ‘Italian Gang’ or ‘Sabini Gang’ commonly dropped into reports.
He was christened Ottavio Sabini, but frequently called himself Charles or Fred, actually the name of one of his brothers. As leader of the Sabinis and "king of the racecourse gangs," he dominated the London underworld and racecourses throughout the south of England for much of the early twentieth century.
Mar 11, 2021 · Charles "Darby" Sabini, who went by a number of aliases during his lifetime, was a real bookmaker and the leader of the Sabini gang in the early 1900s. Much like in the show, the gang was...
Feb 11, 2018 · The TV baddie’s character is based on a real person – Charles “Derby” Sabini. The hit TV series is named after a Birmingham gang of the late 19th Century, who used to sew razor blades into...
Aug 22, 2019 · Sabini, played by Noah Taylor, was a real gangster with a stranglehold on the rackets of Clerkenwell and criminal activities in the City. While the series overstates his influence slightly,...
