Kray twins items sell for thousands at auction

A number of the Kray twins' possessions sold for thousands of pounds

A number of possessions of the notorious London gangsters the Kray twins have sold for thousands of pounds at an auction in Devon.

The items that belonged to Ronnie and Reggie Kray included a collection of 19 manuscript condolence letters, which went under the hammer at Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood auction house on Tuesday.

A four-page manuscript letter to their mother Violet Kray, dated April 1969, sold for £1,600. The condolence letters and cards sold for £1,300, while a collection of photographs and ephemera, dating between 1957 to 1974, sold for £1,500.

A 1960s 18ct gold diamond ring that had belonged their older brother Charlie sold for £2,800.

Charlie Kray's gold and diamond ring was bought in London in 1965

The twins built a criminal empire in London's East End during the 1950s and 1960s before being imprisoned for murder.

Ronnie Kray died in 1995, aged 61, while Reggie died in 2000 at the age of 66.

The items were sold by Dean Buffini, stepson of Charlie Kray.

Lots had also included a gun licence in the name of Ronald Kray, but that was unsold against a firm reserve of £5,000, the auction house said.