Dave Courtney tried to kill himself three months before he shot himself in the head

Celebrity gangster Dave Courtney shot himself in the head three months after recording a video explaining his plan to kill himself before a failed suicide attempt, an inquest heard. Flamboyant Courtney, 64, was battling prostate cancer and arthritis was causing him in ‘severe pain’. He took his own life with an illegally held 9mm pistol in his Camelot Castle home in Plumstead, in the early hours of October 22. Opening the inquest today (Weds) coroner Dr Julian Morris said: ‘Police…