From fighting in the UFC to becoming a convicted criminal: Here’s how Lee Murray lost it all
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Lee Murray came into the limelight of mainstream MMA back in 1999. The ‘Lightning’ got a lot of success and popularity for his impressive speed and raw power. After performing exceptionally well at local English mma promotions, Murray made a great fan following. This prompted the UFC to sign him and Murray made his UFC debut against Jorge Rivera in 2004. In the same year, Murray went against legendary Anderson Silva but lost the fight via unanimous decision.
As a young kid, Murray was involved in various criminal activities such as street fights, drug dealing, road rage altercations, public brawls etc. Murray thought of utilising his fighting tendency in a good way and making it a professional career. After the loss against ‘ The Spider’ Murray was looking forward to comeback but it never happened after he was stabbed multiple times outside a pub in London.
Lee Murray’s involvement of one of the biggest cash robberies in the world
After that stabbing incident, Lee Murray’s professional career declined and choose to rob a bank with his friends to make money. In 2006, Murray and his crew decided to kidnap Colin Dixon, the manager of the Securitas Depot. Murray warned Dixon to cooperate with him in order to secure his family’s safety. Dixon helped the group to enter the bank. All the members were wearing ski masks and were armed with guns.
The robbery was so sudden that the night staff was confused and had no choice but to do what the gang told them to do at gunpoint. The heist initiated in the evening of 21st February and went on for around 10 hours. Murray’s team didn’t hurt any hostages but took around £53 million with them.
The Securitas Depot robbery is now considered one of the biggest heists of all time and has made headlines. Law departments from all over Britain worked together to find the culprits. As the heat around the case rose, Lee Murray fled to Morocco to hide. But was later captured and was sentenced for 10 years. Murray tried to escape the prison which backfired and increased his prison for 25 years. Currently, Murray is serving his prison time in Morocco.
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Soumya Ranjan
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