Preview by Jon Donnis
Back in 2006, Britain watched one of the most audacious crimes in its history unfold. Armed men raided the Securitas depot in Tonbridge and made off with £53 million in cash. Dozens were pulled in for questioning. Among them was Jeremy Bailey, a fighter from Basingstoke already carrying the nickname "Bad Boy." He was eventually cleared after years of trials and interrogations, but the association never really left him.
That's the backdrop for Bad Boy, a new documentary from Terry Stone and Richard Turner. Rather than reheating the details of the heist, the film digs into Bailey's story, a messy mix of crime, sport, and survival. Born into trouble, homeless at sixteen, he found purpose in prize fighting and clawed his way up to become an MMA and kickboxing champion. Alongside Bailey's own words are contributions from his lawyer, UFC veteran Michael Bisping, and Stone himself, each shedding light on how the case and its fallout shaped him.
What makes the film intriguing is the way it moves between worlds. Bailey's time working security in the '90s rave scene, his criminal connections, the endless suspicion around the heist, all sit alongside his career in combat sports and his work building a gym in Basingstoke. It's not a neat redemption tale. It's the portrait of someone still fighting, both for titles and for a reputation that refuses to shift.
Bad Boy lands in select UK cinemas on 17 October, before heading to digital platforms on 20 October via Miracle Media. It looks less like a true-crime retread and more like a character study of a man who never fully escaped the shadow of Britain's biggest cash robbery.
