Gangster Dave Courtney vows heart attack ‘won’t kill me’ in video from hospital bed
The south London hardman suffered a minor heart scare earlier in the week
The south London hardman suffered a minor heart scare earlier in the week
GANGSTER Dave Courtney has suffered a minor heart attack - but claims there's "nothing wrong with me" in a video posted from his hospital bed.
The 58-year-old shared the clip, which shows him appearing to sleep in his hospital bed, on his Facebook page this weekend.
In it he says that despite suffering the heart attack on Tuesday he's feeling "buff" and claimed that if anyone else rings to check if he's ok he would "punch [them] straight in the f***ing head".
The notorious hardman, who was once an associate of the Kray twins and has a reputation for using a knuckle duster to call in his debts, was only still in hospital because the scanning machine was broken.
He said: "Are you f***ing real?
"Do you honestly believe that I’ve had a f***ing heart attack and it’s going to kill me?
"Let me tell ya, I had a minor heart attack on Tuesday, they was guna let me home on Wednesday but the machine was broken and I couldn’t get a scan so I’ve now gotta stay in here until I get a f***ing scan -which is on Monday."
Walking around his hospital room dressed in a t-shirt and giant gold chain, claimed there was nothing wrong with him and that there was no chance the heart scare was going to finish him off.
He went on: "So as you can see there is absolutely f**k all wrong with me I have had a heart attack but what you’re supposed to feel like afterwards I don’t know because I still feel buff mate.
"I could f***ing out fight and out dance most of you and if anyone else does ring me and goes 'are you alright Dave?' I will punch you straight in the f***ing head. Thank you."
Courtney has previously claimed to have been shot, stabbed and had his nose bitten off, during a life of crime and violence, reports the .
The late Frankie Fraser, a gangster and criminal who spent 42 years in behind bars for a string of violent crimes during his time in the south London Richardson gang, previously accused Courtney of trumping up his criminal record.
But south London-based former underworld figure turned actor and author Courtney has denied overstating his past.
The gangster once had a small role in the 1990 movie The Krays and is also known for organising the security at Ronnie Kray's funeral in 1995.
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