caption website birth_place name birth_date image article_title education birth_name occupation
courtney -lrb- right -rrb- in 2003 with rob ferguson -lsb- http://www.davecourtney.com/ www.davecourtney.com -rsb- bermondsey , london , england dave courtney 17 february 1959 file : rf & dc.png dave courtney
 forest hill comprehensive david john courtney actor
dave courtney

david `` dave '' john courtney -lrb- born 17 february 1959 -rrb- is an english self-proclaimed former gangster who has become both an author and celebrity-gangster figure .
author bernard o'mahoney and the former member of the richardson gang frankie fraser have accused courtney of embellishing and fabricating his criminal record and position in the underworld ; however , courtney has denied overstating his past .
courtney attended forest hill comprehensive ,
