Gangland enforcer Billy ‘Bullet Man’ Isaac’s violent life and freak demise

Ex-heavyweight boxer and feared gangland enforcer Billy “Bullet Man” Isaac lived a wild and violent life earlier than his freak demise.

From allegedly organising the safety of notorious gangster Ronnie Kray’s funeral to a teardrop tattoo, the 6ft 4ins titan was a person to be reckoned with. The former boxer stored a shaved head and weighed in at 18st.

He has since been linked to the Adams crime syndicate in London, with the exhausting man, who made his in-ring debut at Oldham Sports Centre in 1991, working his manner by way of the ranks till he grew to become a terrifying enforcer.

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Isaac’s boxing profession was short-lived nevertheless, along with his second and closing battle resulting in a again damage, the MEN reported. His lifetime of crime started when he’s rumoured to have met fellow feared boxer “Devil Dog Mobster” Chris Little, not lengthy earlier than Isaac arrange his personal safety agency.

Notoriety got here knocking when he was charged with the homicide of businesswoman Pat Hayes, 46. Ms Hayes was discovered lifeless from two gunshot wounds to the pinnacle at her house in Reddish. His mom, Rita, was alleged to have requested Issac to hold out the kill. It was claimed she stood to inherit Ms Hayes’s bungalow and a number of other properties they owned collectively in Florida.

Both Isaac and Rita have been acquitted of the homicide, prompting the boxer to maneuver himself all the way down to London the place he linked up with Dave Courtney, the hardman and part-time actor who was discovered lifeless in his house earlier this 12 months.

Speaking of Isaac earlier than his demise, Courtney mentioned the hardman might be “very, very funny”. He mentioned: “He could afford to be a bit cocky and a show-off because he was a tool. He had a very attractive swagger about him. When you’re that confident in your own ability… being around certain people you can feed off them.”

In 2000 Isaac was listed as an affiliate of the Adams crime household, also called the A Team, on the Old Bailey. His hyperlink to the syndicate was made throughout the trial of a CPS clerk accused of taking a bribe to leak confidential info.

Isaac is believed to have met a intermediary of the clerk and was handed delicate paperwork by mentioned middleman. The former boxer discovered himself arrested and charged over two severe assaults.

The following 12 months, he was accused of slashing the face of a barber with a Bowie looking knife, whereas a second, separate cost claimed Isaac made an assault on a pub patron, leaving the person with a punctured lung and a number of fractures. Isaac was acquitted on all counts after the instances collapsed in courtroom.

Just three years later Isaac was arrested as soon as extra and jailed for 3 years after detectives discovered 0.38 calibre bullets in his Jaguar together with bulletproof vests. Shortly after his launch from jail, he was again within the dock for an alleged menace to kill a businessman over a £2.5m debt.

But a jury took lower than an hour to search out him not responsible after a trial during which former world mild welterweight champion boxer Ricky Hatton, gave Isaac a glowing character reference.

In 2013 he was convicted of assaulting a waitress on the Gateway Restaurant in Durrus. A month later, whereas on launch pending an enchantment, the 45-year-old met a wierd demise.

It’s thought he fell whereas making an attempt to climb by way of a rest room window, having been locked out of house. His physique was discovered by workmen on the lavatory ground.

The demise wasn’t handled as suspicious. A autopsy later discovered Isaac had died from ‘positional asphyxia’ after his head grew to become trapped behind a shower.

Legendary Manchester boxing coach Bob Shannon was amongst these to pay tribute, describing Isaac as a “real fighting man.” He added: “He was a very big man and looked very intimidating, but underneath he was a really nice person. He was a very caring man and he will be missed.”

Even in demise, Isaac remains to be a person of nice controversy, along with his physique exhumed in 2018 after a “despicable act” of grave desecration.

Grave robbers have been suspected of concentrating on Isaac’s plot within the hope of discovering useful jewelry buried alongside him.

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