I am not a perfect man who has led a faultless life.

I won a scholarship with the Brixton School of Building. I screwed around, not putting in a proper attendance.

I used to have a list of things from my school buddies of what kind of art material they wanted. I'd go up to the West End of London and spend the whole day knocking stuff off.

There has been so much rubbish written up in the papers over the years.

For more than 13,000 days on the run, my life was a soap opera.

One report said that since my time on the run I've had 2,500 girlfriends. I mean, you have got to realize I've been on the run for more than 30 years. I have got to have had more than that.

It has been rumoured that I was the brains of the robbery, but that was totally incorrect. I've been described as the tea boy, which is also incorrect.