In 1990 Rich and his unit were deployed to Northern Ireland, where he spent six months patrolling the hostile streets and countryside of south Armagh also known as “The Bandit Country”. All of this though was eclipsed by his introduction to ecstasy and the social lifestyle that came with it. He applied himself with such enthusiasm that the prison identified that there is a problem for veterans and permitted Rich to deliver his course to veterans while still in prison, with no staff present. We follow Jones, aka 'The Lost Soldier', as he desperately tries to free himself from the poisonous lifestyle that becomes his new reality. Charlie Four Kilo delves deep into the chaotic, dangerous and manipulative world of organised crime.

Rich left this life behind him and is now an author and a veterans support speaker, teacher, mentor and course creator. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. The life of a cold war soldier was quite different to that of the soldiers from more recent conflicts.Rich gained promotion soon after, but life in the army especially in Germany was beginning to change. Rich’s transition out of the army was going wrong and he gradually moved away from the security industry and begin to apply the same skills set and training to his new life, distributing drugs. During his time away Rich made a conscious decision to reform himself and he decided to engage with the veteran support that is common in the prison system. Upon leaving the British Army he found himself directionless and became heavily involved in organised crime. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH).

A gripping read that grabs you right away and keeps you enthralled throughout every of the 186 pages. Drugs culture unfortunately did, Rich found that the lifestyle in the clubs was what he secretly craved for. I met Rich through voluntary work at HMP Oakwood and was interested to read the book to find out more about what had led him there.

his exploits throughout Europe, the life-threatening entanglements with thugs from all over the world, and finally to his eventual capture ending with a 15-year prison sentence. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Rich was considered as the one at the top of his respective tree and after a lengthy trial involving a large number of defendants he was found guilty and sentenced to 15 years, half of which would be spent in prison the other half would be in the community.