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Billy Hill | |
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Born | William Charles Hill 13 December 1911 St Pancras, London, England |
Died | 1 January 1984 | (aged 72)
Nationality | English |
Occupation | Criminal |
Known for | Organised crime in London from the 1920s–1960s |
Partner | Gypsy Riley |
Children | 1 |
William Charles "Billy" Hill (13 December 1911 – 1 January 1984) was an English criminal, linked to smuggling, protection rackets and extreme violence. He was one of the foremost perpetrators of organised crime in London from the 1920s through to the 1960s. His gang managed cash robberies and, in a scam, defrauded London's high society of millions at the card tables of John Aspinall's Clermont Club.