Fat Leonard – from big life to even bigger trouble


In the spotlight: Fat Leonard, who got his nickname due to his physique, is back in the news after giving US federal authorities the slip.

PETALING JAYA: He started with having a couple of guns and was charged with possession of firearms when he was just 21. By the time he was 24, he was in jail.

But Penang-born Leonard Glenn Francis was not one to let that stop him. By the time was in his 50s, he had the US Navy “under his control”.

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