A MAN who was raped by Ronnie Kray said he feels “sick” when obsessed “fans” go on a “pilgrimage” to his grave.
were both notorious for their ruthless East End crime empire during the 1950s and 1960s.
Bobby Teale, who reported the twins to the , was raped by Ronnie when he worked for them.
He has now slammed the “literally clueless” people who continue to idolise the “terrible people”.
attract a lot of attention at Chingford Mount Cemetery, in North London.
Bizarre fans often leave tributes, flowers and alcohol for the pair while posing for cheery pictures with the black gravestones.
After carrying out his work as an informant, Bobby felt forced to flee to America for his own safety.
He had lived with Reggie at one point in time so his testimony helped see the killer brothers jailed for murdering
Bobby told MailOnline Ronnie and Reggie were “domestic terrorists” and should be remembered that way.
“They're actually imbalanced – but as soon as you name yourself as being the one that said it, then the very people who idolise these lunatics attack you. They haven't got a clue,” he said.
“Seeing people idolising them, it's the most sickening thing I could believe.”
The 83-year-old said when he returned to the UK after 40 years he was baffled by idolisation of the twins.
Bobby recalled the brothers attacking children and Ronnie threatening to rape his 11-year-old brother.
He remembered hearing Ronnie tell Reggie “you've got to kill someone. You wouldn't believe how good it is”.
The breaking point came when the thugs held Bobby's brother's family hostage.
“I didn't do it to be any hero – I did it because I knew I was going to be done in anyway,” added Bobby.
David Teale, now 82, dubbed the Krays “murderers, bullies, and violent, horrible people”.
“But others have made them legends – how can you make serial killers legends?” He asked.
“At I looked over at Ronnie, the Colonel, because I had something personal because he raped me years ago, and I said: ‘The truth hurts Ron, doesn't it'.”
David begged for history to be “put right” and stop idolising the Krays as “martyrs”.
The third Teale brother, Alfie, has also become involved with the Krays.
The 85-year-old said: “Reggie was an absolute psychopath, same as his brother.”
It comes as men's charities have been issuing urgent warnings about the idolisation of figures such as the Krays and Andrew Tate.
Laurence Johns, fromThe Mankind Project UK, said: “Where other people may have got the stories of Robin Hood I got the Krays. I think a lot of people gloss over reality – but they weren't nice people.”
He explained how the Krays could be “very attractive” to people “seeking for identity”.
“It's not a crisis in masculiuty – it's a crisis in society where a lopt of people are feeling disempowered, men and women,” said Laurence.
THE KRAY TWINS
were born within ten minutes of each other on October 24, 1933, in in Haggerston, East
They were born to parents Charles David Kray and Violet Annie Lee and grew up in the with their brother .
The brothers also had a sister, named Violet who was born in 1929, however she sadly died in infancy.
Their father, also Charles, was a second-hand clothes dealer and went on the run to avoidservice.
Their maternal grandfather Jimmy “Cannonball” Lee encouraged them to take up amateur , a common pastime for working class boys in the area.
Ronnie was considered to be the more aggressive of the two twins, constantly getting into street fights as a teenager.
In 1952 they began their national service, but they were too wild for the military.
After assaulting the corporal in charge and several police officers, they managed to get a dishonourable discharge by throwing tantrums, dumping their latrine bucket over a sergeant and even handcuffing a guard to their prison bars.
With a criminal record their boxing careers were brought to an abrupt end, and they instead turned to a life of crime.
The twins became household names in 1964 when they were hit with an expose in the Sunday Mirror.
It insinuated that Ronnie had a sexual relationship with Lord Boothby, a Conservative politician.
No names were printed in the piece, but the twins threatened to sue the newspaper with the help of Labour Party leader Harold Wilson's solicitor Arnold Goodman.
The Mirror backed down, sacked its editor, issued an apology and paid Boothby £40,000 in an out-of-court settlement.
Because of this other newspapers were unwilling to expose the Krays' connection and criminal activities.
In the early 50s the brothers started their gang, The Firm.
Under The Firm umbrella they were involved in armed robberies, arson, protection rackets, assaults and murder over close to two decades.
One of their first moves was to buy a run-down snooker club in Mile End, where they started several protection rackets.
In the 60s, they moved to the West End to run a gambling club, Esmerelda's Barn, in Knightsbridge.
As owners of Esmerelda's Barn, the twins quickly achieved celebrity status, and rubbing shoulders with the likes of lords, MPs, socialites and famous faces such as Frank Sinatra and Judy Garland.
But in March 1969, both Ronnie and Reggie were sentenced to life imprisonment, with a non-parole period of 30 years for two counts of murder of Cornell – the longest sentences ever passed at the Old Bailey.
Their brother Charlie was imprisoned for ten years for his part in the murders.
Ronnie Kray was classed as a Category A prisoner and was denied almost all liberties.
Ronnie was eventually certified insane – his paranoid schizophrenia was treated with constant medication.
In 1979 he was committed and lived the remainder of his life in Broadmoor Hospital.
Reggie Kray was imprisoned in Maidstone Prison for eight years as a Category B prisoner.
In 1997, he was transferred to the Category C Wayland Prison in Norfolk.
Reggie Kray spent a total of 33 years behind bars, before being released from prison on compassionate grounds in August 2000, at the age of 66.
He was released due to being diagnosed with inoperable bladder cancer.
Ronnie Kray spent the remainder of his life imprisoned in Broadmoor Hospital, up until his death in 1995.
