Edited sentence: "A particularly nasty case", in the words of well respected gangland member Frankie Fraser.Despite his age, Courtney is seen as a semi-modern gangster and many of the old school gangsters see him as their only way to keep themselves in the limelight.He claims it was nothing he would not say to their faces, however no record exists of him saying such things before they passed away.However, Courtney has a considerable following who will follow and worship him where ever he goes, be it a chat with Trisha or an interview in a lads mag.However, when Reggie and Charlie Kray passed away Courtney was not even invited to the funerals, let alone allowed to provide security for them.In his latest book entitled, 'Dave Courtney's heroes and villians', Courtney slags off the Krays despite them being dead and unable to respond.The reasons why they have done so are varied.Without Courtneys publicity the majority of them would arguably fade away, replaced by todays more evil drug dealing gangsters