Pictured: Gordon Ramsay's troubled brother Ronnie sells the Big Issue on street corner



This is the troubled brother of multi-millionaire chef Gordon Ramsay - selling the Big Issue outside a department store.

Homeless Ronnie Ramsay, 41, looked scruffy and unrecognisable from his famous sibling as he sold the magazine on a busy high street.

It is the first time the heroin addict has been pictured since returning from Indonesia, where he was jailed in 2007 for possessing the Class A drug.

'Get by': Heroin addict Ronnie Ramsay, 41, sells The Big Issue on the streets of Plymouth after returning from a jail sentence in Indonesia



He has returned to Britain and is now living on the streets and selling the £1.50 magazine outside Marks and Spencer in Plymouth, Devon.

Mr Ramsay said his famous older brother and mother have 'wiped their hands' of him and are refusing to speak to him.

He said: 'I'm down on my luck and haven't had any contact with Gordon or my mum for a while.

'They have wiped their hands of me and this is all I can do to get by.

'Things have gone bad for me since I was in Indonesia. I've been back in Britain for ages but the family won't talk to me.'

Returned: Ronnie, pictured at Denpasar District Court in Bali, Indonesia, was jailed for 10 months for possession of heroin in 2007

Gordon has paid for his younger brother to attend rehab five times

In February 2007 Ronnie was caught with 100 milligrams of heroin outside a supermarket in the Balinese resort of Kuta, fined £260 and jailed for ten months.

He appealed to his brother for £6,000 for a top lawyer to help him escape the charges, but Ramsay refused.

At the time Ronnie said: 'All it is to him is the price of a wheel off one of his Ferraris.'

Speaking in his autobiography, Humble Pie, the chef revealed he had previously paid for his younger brother to attend rehab five times.

He wrote: 'It's the one thing I feel I've failed at. I find it hard knowing that there's nothing I can do to help.'

After he was jailed Gordon Ramsay also revealed his heroin addict brother threatened to kill him and his children in an effort to get cash.

He said: 'Of course Ronnie wanted money. He's tried everything. Death threats. Calls at midnight from various horrible people saying they know what time my kids leave school.

'Things like that, which you just shouldn't have to have in your life.

'I've changed my numbers, got extra security in the house with CCTV everywhere, but I'm not giving in. I'm not living like that anymore.'

Ramsay began supporting his brother years ago and confessed that he even bought him heroin to get him through their father's funeral in 1997.

Their mother, Helen Cosgrove, lives in Taunton, Somerset.

