The Whole of The Moon: Lee Duffy

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From what I've heard mate, from a good source, he was a bit of a bully and he wasn't what you would call a hard fella. Like most people he could argue till he was blue in the face but if he was proved wrong then he would always apologise and admit that he was wrong." Read More Related Articles A former boxer and bouncer from South Bank, Duffy died in 1991 after being stabbed during a street brawl in Marton Road, Middlesbrough.

Outside the court, his mother said: "It's not a true verdict. There is only one good thing that has come out of this - Lee would not have wanted him to go to jail because Lee was not a man who wanted anyone to go to jail. Lee could have accepted it, but it is different for me." When we introduced the two of them it turned out that they had previously fought each other in the ring at an unlicensed show. Author Jamie Boyle has already written extensively about Duffy in his book The Whole of the Moon, and a documentary will be released on DVD on August 25. Recalling the moment he heard his pal had been killed, he said: "The day I found out Lee had died, I was in the Bay Horse Inn, I was still rough from the night before and when the word came into Newcastle that the Duff was dead, well I was absolutely devastated to say the least.

What happened to Lee Duffy?

It was at the hands of a man who he once called a friend that Duffy lost his life. David Allison and Duffy had exchanged words at a blues party in the Afro Caribbean Centre. It would have been hard work being our mam' - Stephen Sayers pays tribute to his devoted mum Yvonne I never met Viv but his story is legendary," said Gary. "It is going to be an honour portraying him in the film. I have never done any acting before, but I hope this film does well and it leads to other opportunities."

There were a few times where I had told him something about someone and then later on if we bumped into that person he would repeat what I had said about them to their face. Duffy was one of the most feared hard men in the region and wreaked havoc until his death at the age of 26 in 1991.We spent three days talking through the walls before we became firm friends and as the years progressed we became extremely close, not just Lee and I, Lee became close to my brothers too." A spokesman for Lytton Bros Pictures added: "It was great to finally spend a couple of days in Newcastle and start casting the film. We also took time to visit a few locations and catch up with Stephen himself. This is an exciting project and we are looking forward to helping bring it to life on the big screen."

I don’t think there’s anything clever about being a bully, but I don’t think there’s anything good about a young lad at 26 losing his life either.

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It adds: "Lee did have regrets in life. He loved his mam dearly and he was ashamed of what he had put his mother through over the years. A Teesside man has been cast as hardman Lee Duffy in a new film based on the life of a notorious North-east gangster. Boyle claiming to be the Teesside authority figure on Duffy is beyond parody. He will have been about eight when he was murdered.