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Actor, John Bindon, was born on Oct 4, 1943 in London, UK. Bindon died at the age of 50 on Oct 10, 1993 in London, UK .

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Until the Johnny Darke murder trial, Bindon cultivated the persona of popular thug made good. Notwithstanding his undisciplined approach to acting, he could have sustained a career of sorts in films for many years. His earlier brushes with the law had already endeared him to solicitors and when he started to make a name for himself in films and TV, he was invited to play Rugby Union for the Law Society, a team that prided itself on the diversity of its selection process. Bindon became something of a regular: several barristers scrummed down with him and he swiftly acquired the sobriquet "Biffo". Not a natural ball player "Biffo" was more likely to adapt his hand/eye not to mention foot and head/eye co-ordination to "off the ball" incidents, thus softening up the opposition. This style of play did not meet with universal approval although one team mate who is now a Circuit Judge still talks guardedly of him with wry affection. Bindon's inadvertent legacy to the Criminal Law is the case of Galbraith, the actual name of one of his less fortunate co-defendants in the Johnny Darke trial. Galbraith's legal team thought that the case against their client was too weak to be left to the jury. The trial judge and jury disagreed. So did the Court of Appeal. The appeal Court laid down some guidelines and thereafter, as every law student knows, a Cour
His girlfriend for many years was model/actress Vicki Hodge, the daughter of Sir John Rowland Hodge, 2nd Baronet of Chipstead, Kent and his second wife Joan.
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