Letters written by infamous gangster Reggie Kray in 1985, in which he describes a “sliding doors” moment in his life have sold for £750, at auction, half as much again as expected. 
Kray, who with his twin brother, Ronnie, carved out an infamous East End crime empire, through their gang the Firm in the 1950s and 60s, wrote the letters at HMP Parkhurst on the Isle of Wight, while serving a life sentence for murder.
The collection of four letters, which are mostly illegible, were sent to Maureen Baker, a personal friend, were auctioned by Henry Aldridge and Son in Devizes, Wiltshire.

