recognised. The Krays feared releasing him or turning him in as he could implicate them in his escape. Mitchell felt insulted that Ron had not visited him at all and Reg had only visited him once and was particularly upset that he could not visit his parents, despite them living nearby. He grew increasingly agitated and began making threats against the Krays. To placate him, they brought a woman to the flat: Liza Prescott, a blonde night club hostess, who was known by firm member Tommy Cowley. Mitchell soon became enamored with her, further complicating the situation. The Krays decided the only solution was to kill him. Death On 24 December 1966 Mitchell was led into the back of a van by Albert Donoghue, thinking he was to be taken to a safe house in the countryside where he would meet up with Ron Kray. There was almost another argument when he realised that Liza would not be coming with him; Donoghue persuaded him that it was safer for her to follow later on. Waiting in the van were several men, among them Freddie Foreman and Alfie Gerrard, who were armed with revolvers. Once the van doors were closed and the engine started, they opened fire on Mitchell, killing him. Donoghue thought that 12 shots were fired before Mitchell died. His body was never recovered. Foreman later revealed that Mitchell's body was bound with chicken wire, weighted down and dumped in the English Channel. Reg Kray cited springing Mitchell from prison as one of his biggest mistakes. In the 1988 book Our Story, written with his brother and Fred Dineage, Ron Kray claimed that Mitchell was never murdered but was successfully smuggled out of Britain with the Krays' help. He says that both Donoghue and Dickson's accounts are fabricated, citing drastic inconsistencies between their stories. He also cites the fact that both he and Reg had admitted to the murders of George Cornell and Jack McVitie, as well as numerous other crimes, in the same book as reason to support his account of what happened. As Frank Mitchell was never found, alive or dead, neither claim can be definitely be proven true or false. Aftermath In 1968, the Krays and various accomplices were arrested and put on trial for an array of offences, including the murders of George Cornell, Jack McVitie and Frank Mitchell. Their attempt to cajole gang member