Retribution On the 8th of May 1968 The Kray Twins were arrested. Inspector 'Nipper' Read headed the raid on Brathwaite House in Old Street. Two of the many charges they had to answer to were the murders of George Cornell and Jack McVitie. Their arrest and continued confinement before their trial, loosened the grip of fear they had on the community and it wasn't too long until the East End code of silence had been broken. Within the next few months, with the help of some of the most respected members of the Firm, the police had made more arrests. All of those arrested pleaded not guilty with the exception of Albert Donoghue, a leading gang member. He was tried separately and was imprisoned for 2 years. In January 1969 the trial started and lasted about 6 weeks. The ten men who stood in the Dock were all convicted of various charges except for Tony Barry. He was acquitted of being an accessory to the murder of McVitie. The remaining nine men in the dock were charged with, convicted of, and sentenced to the following: Ronnie Kray, aged 35 for the murder of George Cornell - guilty for the murder of Jack McVitie - guilty Sentenced to Life imprisonment with a reccomendation to serve at least 30 years Reggie Kray, aged 35 for the murder of Jack McVitie - guilty for being an accessory to the murder of George Cornell - guilty Sentenced to Life imprisonment with a reccomendation to serve at least 30 years Charlie Kray, aged 41 for being an accessory to the murder of Jack McVitie - guilty Sentenced to 10 years in prison John 'Ian' Barrie, aged 31 for the murder of George Cornell - guilty Sentenced to Life imprisonment with a reccomendation to serve at least 20 years Tony Lambrianou, aged 26 for the murder of Jack McVitie - guilty Sentenced to Life imprisonment with a reccomendation to serve at least 15 years Christopher Lambrianou, aged 29 for the murder of Jack McVitie - guilty Sentenced to Life imprisonment with a reccomendation to serve at least 15 years Ronnie Bender, aged 30 for the murder of Jack McVitie - guilty Sentenced to Life imprisonment with a reccomendation to serve at least 20 years Freddie Foreman, aged 36 for being an accessory to the murder of Jack McVitie - guilty Sentenced to 10 years in prison Cornelious 'Connie' Whitehead, aged 30 Carrying a gun - guilty Complicity in the murder of McVitie - guilty Sentenced to 2 years for the gun and 7 years for the Complicity charge There was still another case to answer for the Krays and their associate Freddie Foreman. Ron Kray was charged with the murder of Frank Mitchell. He was found not guilty Charlie Kray had the charge of murder dropped Reg Kray, receieved 5 years for freeing Frank Mitchell from Dartmoor and another 9 months for harbouring him, to run concurrently with his other sentences. Freddie Foreman was also found not guilty of murdering Frank Mitchell. Some of the men found guilty in these two trials were innocent, and some of those found not guilty had actually commited the crimes. These events are covered more comprehensively in the section 'STORIES IN DEPTH'.