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Who is Linda Calvey

Linda Calvey, 75, first became involved in the criminal underworld after marrying her first husband, Mickey Calvey, when she was just 22.

He was just out of jail for armed robbery, and she began assisting him and his pals with their work, including as a getaway driver.

Mickey was later killed by cops and Calvey was pictured as a grieving widow by the press, when in reality she was establishing a fearsome reputation for herself.

She became known as the “Black Widow” as her husbands and lovers either died or ended up in prison.

In 1988, she paid criminal associate Daniel Reece £10,000 to kill her then lover Ronnie Cook, but when he failed to do it, she shot Cook twice. Calvey has denied the killing.

It landed her in prison for 18 and a half years, alongside notorious criminals including Rose West and Myra Hindley.

She later married Daniel Reece in prison.

Since being released in 2008, she has become a criminal fiction author. He books include The Game, The Locksmith, and Faith.

Calvey claims that her former life as a feared gangster seems “surreal” and that she feels like she is “looking back on the life of somebody else”.

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