Lee Murray is currently being held at a prison in Tifelt, northwestern Morocco, and despite being incarcerated fathered a child from prison in 2010.
29 Facts About Lee Murray
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The couple's first child, Lee Murray, was born in St Nicholas Hospital, Plumstead, on 12 November 1977, and was initially raised by his mother while Brahim continued to live and work in the Canary Islands.
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The family lived at 11 Buttmarsh Close, Woolwich, and Lee Murray attended Foxfield Primary School, where he met his future wife, Siobhan Rowlings, three years his junior.
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Lee Murray, who enjoyed reading and puzzles, was a sub-par student mainly doing well in football, failing to make the school team.
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Lee Murray was eventually convicted of possession of cocaine and cannabis, was named in the Old Bailey as a notorious London drug dealer who employed Paul Allen as his right-hand man plus a network of drug runners.
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Lee Murray was sentenced to a term at Feltham Young Offenders Institution, the first of his custodial sentences for what ranked as his more minor offences such as assault and thievery; others followed in Dover and Norwich.
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The police stopped Lee Murray regularly, and, because they suspected he was a drug dealer, attempted to place an informer in his gang but could not gain enough evidence to prosecute Lee Murray.
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Lee Murray was contemptuous of the police, often mocking and intimidating them on the streets, sometimes following officers around in his car.
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Rowlings, Lee Murray's girlfriend, gave birth to their first child, Lilly Jane on 24 December 1998.
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Weeks later, Lee Murray was caught up in a turf war with rival drug dealers that led to the arrest of Epstein and more than a dozen others, many ending up in prison.
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Shortly after dodging arrest Lee Murray was introduced to mixed martial arts, and he competed in his first fight on 5 December 1999 at an event called "Millennium Brawl" that was held at Hemel Hempstead Pavilion.
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Lee Murray defeated his first opponent, Chris Albandia, by ankle lock in the first round.
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Lee Murray later said that he thought Albandia was a kickboxer because he was wearing Thai shorts, so he started the fight out with leg kicks.
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Lee Murray dropped again and took me down, going for a leglock.
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Lee Murray launched a three sub attack at me with me in his guard.
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At some point in 2000, Lee Murray travelled to Bettendorf, Iowa to train at the renowned Miletich Fighting Systems camp run by former UFC welterweight champion Pat Miletich.
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On 11 March 2001, Lee Murray fought to a draw against Chris Bacon at Millennium Brawl 2: Capital Punishment; he followed that up with a first-round knockout of Gary Warren at Millennium Brawl 3: Independence Day on 1 July.
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Lee Murray was scheduled to fight Patrick Cote at UFC 52 but was replaced by former opponent, Joe Doerksen.
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On 11 September 2004, Lee Murray fought future UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva in Cage Rage 8 for the vacant middleweight title.
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Witnesses claim Lee Murray was involved in a scuffle with then-UFC light heavyweight champion Tito Ortiz outside a nightclub in London after UFC 38 in July 2002, in which Lee Murray allegedly fought Ortiz.
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On 28 September 2005, Lee Murray was hospitalised after being stabbed in a brawl during the birthday party of British glamour model Lauren Pope and the birthday party of his friend and boxing trainer Terry Colter.
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Lee Murray suffered a punctured lung and a severed artery after entering the fight to defend his friend from being hurt or stabbed.
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When thanked, the doctor remarked that Lee Murray should thank the nurses who had run the blood bags from the blood bank, because that was what had saved his life.
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On 25 June 2006, in a joint operation with Moroccan police, Lee Murray was arrested at a shopping centre in the Souissi district of the capital Rabat for suspected involvement in the Securitas depot robbery.
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Later, Moroccan police revealed that Lee Murray had been charged with possession of "hard drugs".
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Prison officials believe Lee Murray was planning to cut through the iron bars of his cell window with the saws.
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Lee Murray was in a different cell at the time as punishment for being caught with a laptop computer and five kilos of drugs.
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Kent Police said Lee Murray must serve 10 years in jail in Morocco for his involvement.
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Time Inc announced on 4 August 2008 that they would be making a film about Lee Murray's alleged role in the robbery, based on an article about him in Sports Illustrated called "Breaking the Bank".