The children of Britain's most notorious female gangster have spoken for the first time about having a killer as a mother.
Linda Calvey, 77, known as 'The Black Widow', was one of East London's most terrifying and prolific gangsters, who earned an estimated £1million from armed robberies.
She had two children with her first husband, Mikey Calvey, who was shot dead by police in 1979 during a robbery that went wrong, prompting Calvey to begin her descent into London's underworld.
After first serving as lookout, she became a getaway driver, then finally wielded the shotgun. Her worst crime came in 1990 when she murdered her husband Ronnie Cook - after a hitman she had hired failed to finish the job.
Her son and daughter, Neil and Melanie - who are both now in their fifties - have never previously spoken in public about their life growing up as children of one of Britain's most feared criminals.
