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“But I take full responsibility for my actions.
“I wrote to her from jail, apologising deeply for my actions, and explaining she didn’t have to get nervous if she saw me again. He describes her as ‘the only victim that day’ as he relays his first ever account of what happened in February 2013.Īnd he claims he snapped after rivals provoked him to react by insulting members of his family.įrench added: “When I got into that foyer, I came to my senses and realised it was all on CCTV. “I don’t have a right to be an anti-gun campaigner again - but I still want to make a difference.įrench, originally from the Toxteth and Granby areas of the city but currently living in Wirral, says he wrote to the Il Palazzo female receptionist from his prison cell. “I was under pressure at the time, and it was a poor decision. In his first press interview about the bust-up, he told the ECHO: “I was an anti-gun campaigner who pistol-whipped someone.
Now, French has confessed that he ‘fell from grace.’ The former mobster bought the £90 Sig Saeur air pistol hours earlier from a Whitechapel store before confronting Paul Smith at the offices they both rented out at the Il Palazzo complex, in Water Street. The 55-year-old, no longer behind bars and serving the second half of his three year jail term back in public, on licence, is asking for a second chance.įrench bludgeoned a businessman with an imitation gun over a money dispute in a Liverpool city centre office - before dumping the weapon and a machete in the river. It fires the 9mm Luger cartridge (9x19mm). The Star 1940 SMG is a variation of the T.N. 30 Pedersen), was proposed to the French Army, but at this time it was too late to look for production.
The ex-gangster, who claims to have now shunned crime, has spoken for the first time about the weapon attack which led to police chasing him along the Mersey waterfront in front of stunned tourists.Īnd French has admitted his subsequent conviction for possessing a gun - nearly three years ago - was in stark opposition to his stance as a lobbyist against firearms. In 1940 a variation of the Si35 SMG, shooting the French 7.65mm Long cartridge (similar to. One-time anti-gun campaigner Stephen French today apologised for infamously pistol-whipping a rival and declared: “I know it was hypocritical.”