[1] On 4 January 1995, 16 days prior to his 61st birthday, Knight was sentenced to seven years imprisonment for handling £314,813 in stolen money from the 1983 £6 million armed robbery at a Security Express depot in Shoreditch, East London.
Knight was responsible for minor infractions of the law when he was young, whereas his brothers John and James were involved in more significant crimes.
Tony ran a travel agency in Soho and famously used to extort money from the owner of the A & M Casino, above the "White Elephant" Restaurant in Grosvenor Sq., Mayfair, by threatening the staff.
Tony died from bullet wounds to his back in the Golden Goose Arcade, Soho, in September 1974 a few weeks after being released following a prison sentence for manslaughter.
[4] Knight spent a decade on the run living in southern Spain's Costa del Sol,[4] after fleeing on the night his brother was arrested in 1984 for a robbery at a Security Express depot the previous year.
Their other surviving brother James was among the other gang members along with Freddie Foreman, John Mason, Ronnie Everett and Cliford Saxe and received eight years for handling stolen money.
[11] After returning to Britain in May 1994,[12] Knight, aged 60, was jailed for seven years in January 1995 for handling £314,813 in stolen money from the £6 million armed robbery at a Security Express depot in Shoreditch, East London in 1983.