Inside ex-gangster’s sprawling ‘castle’ complete with suits of armour – and a bust of his own head
He told them: “Every good gangster loves his mum."In the front room of the sprawling castle hangs a painting of Dave with a halo and angel wings.
The former gangsta says the painter actually filled half a pot of paint with his blood so that "the skin is Dave Courtney's DNA".Dave lives with his best friend Brendan, who owns a film company, which is how he gets his hands on the fake weapons. The dining room is home to shelfs full of books, as well as a range of old medals, military helmets, boxing gloves, and a bust of Beethoven.Dave, who calls himself Dave Courtney OBE - One Big Ego, shows off one of his old medals, anHe said: "It states in the law books it becomes an offence to call yourself an OBE if you don’t own one. But I do own one."I have got this ego. I can’t deny it. I’m an entertainer. It's more important to me than anything criminal.
Beyond that is a small nightclub, which doubles as a cinema, and the "dungeon" where Dave claims adult films are made and that underwear brands use for modelling.He said: "The myth is no longer the man."
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