Carlton Leach

Carlton Leach is an author, occasional actor, and a former criminal.[1]

Carlton Leach
Born
Canning Town, London
NationalityEnglish
Other namesThe Footsoldier
Occupationauthor, former doorman, former football hooligan and bodybuilder
AllegianceThe ICF

Early life

Leach was born in Canning Town. A fan of West Ham United F.C., he became involved in the Inter City Firm, a gang of hooligans who followed the East London club. Leach was the original model for the cover of the Strength Thru Oi! album.[2]

Criminal career

Leach started work as a bouncer in East London, where he became involved with Tony Tucker, then Pat Tate, both of whom worked as large scale dealers in ecstasy during the rave era in the late 1980s. Tate, Tucker and Craig Rolfe were shot dead in December 1995 in a Range Rover on a farm track in Rettendon, in the Rettendon murders.

Later career

In 2003 Leach wrote a memoir about his criminal exploits, entitled Muscle. In 2007 a film based on the book was released, entitled Rise of the Footsoldier and starring Ricci Harnett as Leach.[3] In 2015, Leach worked with Harnet to organise another movie about his life, Reign of the General, but after losing a legal battle over copyright, the film was taken over by the owners of Rise of the Footsoldier and released. The same people went on to make a third film in the franchise in 2017.[4] Leach claimed to have no part in this movie and commented on Twitter that it was fictional and no longer his story.[5]

References
  1. "Hard lessons from Carlton Leach's life of crime | Gazette". Gazette-news.co.uk. 2008-03-13. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
  2. "Garry Bushell Speaks Out | Zani". Zani.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
  3. Summers, Chris (7 September 2007). "Fresh hope in Range Rover murders". BBC News.
  4. "Rise of the Footsoldier 3: The Pat Tate Story - Carnaby International Sales and Distribution". www.carnabysales.com.
  5. "Carlton Leach (@TheCarltonLeach) - Twitter". twitter.com.
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