Lee Murray

This article is about the British martial artist. For the Canadian actor, see Murray Cruchley. For the New Zealand writer, see Lee Murray (writer).

Lee Murray
Born
Lee Brahim Murray-Lamrani

(1977-11-12) 12 November 1977 (age 46)
Greenwich, London, England
Criminal statusIncarcerated at Salé Prison, Salé, Morocco[needs update?]
Conviction(s)Bank robbery
Criminal penalty25 years in prison
Martial arts career
Other namesLightning
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight185 lb (84 kg; 13.2 st)
DivisionMiddleweight
Fighting out ofLondon, England
TeamLondon Shootfighters
Years active1999–2004
Mixed martial arts record
Total12
Wins8
By knockout4
By submission4
Losses2
By knockout0
By submission1
By decision1
Draws1
No contests1
Other information
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog

Lee Brahim Murray-Lamrani (born 12 November 1977) is an English-Moroccan mixed martial arts fighter and convicted bank robber. In 2005, his MMA career was cut short after he was stabbed multiple times outside a Mayfair nightclub.[1] He was arrested in Rabat, Morocco, in June 2006 and sentenced to 10 years in prison in June 2010, for masterminding the armed Securitas depot robbery in Kent, England,[2][3] where £53,116,760 of cash bank notes belonging to the Bank of England were stolen by Murray and his associates on 22 February 2006. It was the largest known cash robbery in the world during peacetime.[2] After a foiled attempt to escape prison and a failed appeal, his jail term was extended to 25 years on 30 November 2010.[4] He is currently being held at a prison in Tifelt, northwestern Morocco,[5][needs update?] and despite being incarcerated fathered a child from prison in 2010.[6] In 2018, Murray in an interview stated he was training to fight in prison, and still planned a UFC comeback, with the hope of securing a pardon from King Mohammed VI of Morocco.[7]

UFC president Dana White commented on Murray, that "He's a scary son of a bitch, and I don't mean fighter-wise".[8]

  1. ^ "'Flamboyant' life of raid convict". 1 June 2010 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  2. ^ a b "Another arrest over $92 million British heist". msnbc.com. 5 March 2006. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Cage-fighter jailed over £53m Kent Securitas raid". BBC News. 1 June 2010. Archived from the original on 25 April 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2010.
  4. ^ "Cage fighter Lee Murray's Securitas raid sentence increased by 25 years after appeal failed". Bexley Times. 2 December 2010. Archived from the original on 4 August 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
  5. ^ "Lee Brahim Murray-Lamrani, England's bank robber awaits freedom in his Moroccan cell". en.yabiladi.com. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  6. ^ Penrose, Justin; Griffiths, Ben (4 March 2012). "Securitas heist robber Lee Murray stripped of prison privileges after he fathers a child in jail". mirror. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  7. ^ Worsell, Elliot (13 August 2018). "The Real Notorious Part 7: The Comeback - Lee Murray's future plans". Bloody Elbow. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  8. ^ "How a UFC fighter pulled off the biggest bank heist ever". Retrieved 4 August 2018.