Today marks 60 years since 16 men robbed £2.6m from an overnight Royal Mail train in what became known as the ‘crime of the century’ – but what happened next to the gang? On this day 60 years ago, the Great Train Robbery was committed. Known as the ‘crime of …
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The signal was red at Sears Crossing. Bringing his train to a halt, driver Jack Mills had no idea that it was fake. And that red signalled danger as a ruthless gang of robbers prepared to strike… Confused, his co-driver David Whitby climbed out of the train to ring the …
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Rail company shareholders have taken £1.2billion in dividends over the last five years. And that’s the equivalent of a Great Train Robbery every three months. The £2.6million loot stolen by Ronnie Biggs and his gang in 1963, one of the biggest thefts in British history, is worth £53million in today’s …
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THE grandson of a postman wrongly implicated in the Great Train Robbery has told of his relief that another person has now been identified as the shadowy figure known as “the Ulsterman”. Mark McKenna said the descendants of Patrick McKenna never believed claims the unassuming Royal Mail worker could have …
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Detectives hunting the Great Train Robbers believed a woman was part of the notorious gang, secret documents have revealed. Scotland Yard became convinced a “housekeeper” helped out at the villains’ countryside hideout where they counted the bundles of cash from the £2.6million heist on August 8, 1963. Officers even tested …
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