Sonny Leitch
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William "Sonny" Leitch, also known as the Saughton Harrier and Danger Man, is a retired Scottish career criminal.
Leitch was born in Craigneuk
, Lanarkshire, and was a childhood friend of Thomas Joseph Winning, Cardinal Winning.
Leitch claims that his friend, the renowned safe-breaker Johnny Ramensky
, told him that he had stolen a hoard of Nazi loot from the Rome area during the Allied march on Rome in 1944, and that this hoard was later kept at the Shepton Mallet military prison in Somerset, and the Royal Navy supply depot at Carfin
, Lanarkshire, after the war. He claimed that the hoard contained portraits of Hitler, Eva Braun, Goering, Goebbels and Himmler, and a treasure trove of jewellery and gold.
Leitch was born in Craigneuk
Craigneuk
Craigneuk is a suburb of Wishaw, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The original village of Craigneuk was located in the area where Meadowhead Road meets Glasgow Road. It was originally part of Dalziel parish along with the other rural weaving villages of Flemington, Windmillhill and Motherwell....
, Lanarkshire, and was a childhood friend of Thomas Joseph Winning, Cardinal Winning.
Leitch claims that his friend, the renowned safe-breaker Johnny Ramensky
Johnny Ramensky
Johnny Ramensky, also known as John Ramsay, Gentleman Johnny, and Gentle Johnny was a Scottish career criminal who used his safe-cracking abilities as a commando during World War II...
, told him that he had stolen a hoard of Nazi loot from the Rome area during the Allied march on Rome in 1944, and that this hoard was later kept at the Shepton Mallet military prison in Somerset, and the Royal Navy supply depot at Carfin
Carfin
Carfin is a small village to the north-east of Motherwell, Scotland on the road to Newarthill.-Local facilities:The closest secondary school is Taylor High School in nearby New Stevenston...
, Lanarkshire, after the war. He claimed that the hoard contained portraits of Hitler, Eva Braun, Goering, Goebbels and Himmler, and a treasure trove of jewellery and gold.