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Inside David Dickinson’s ‘years of fear and despair’ amid four-year prison sentence

Real Deal star David Dickinson once spent three years in prison for mail fraud. He has opened up in the past about the 'fear' of it.

David said his time in prison put the “fear of God” in him (Credit: ITV) Speaking to Leigh Francis ‘ character, David said: “And then as I got older, I got involved – because I was a bit of a cocky little b***er – I got involved in fraudulent type activities and got sent to prison. “It wasn’t short and sharp, I was there for about three years, but that put the fear of God into me and I didn’t want any more of that.” Dickinson’s Real Deal airs today (Friday, February 23) at 2pm on ITV1 and ITVX.

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