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Definitive account of the famous 1963 Great Train Robbery - and its
aftermath. In the early hours of Thursday 8th August 1963 at rural
Cheddington in Buckinghamshire, GBP2.6 million (GBP50 million
today) in unmarked GBP5, GBP1 and 10-shilling notes was stolen from
the Glasgow to London nightmail train in a daring and brilliantly
executed operation lasting just 46 minutes. Quickly dubbed the
crime of the century, it has captured the imagination of the public
and the world's media for 50 years, taking its place in British
folklore and giving birth to the myths of The Great Train Robbery.
Ronnie Biggs, Buster Edwards and Bruce Reynolds became household
names. But what really happened? This is the story of four talented
villains who took the criminal world by storm, of the 'perfect
crime'. It is also the story of ruthless policemen, determined to
hunt the robbers down and to make sure nobody slipped through the
net, not even the innocent. It is the story of an Establishment
under siege, and of one mistake which cost the robbers 307 years in
prison. Fifty years later, here is the story set out in full for
the first time, a true-life crime thriller, and also a vivid slice
of British social history.
The crime, the criminals, the victims and their families. And the
biggest manhunt by British police... The establishment, press and
public reaction, the trial, and the aftermath are all set out in
compelling narrative detail. Jack Witney served twenty-five years
in prison although he shot no one and was released on appeal, only
to be murdered in his Bristol flat a few years later. John Duddy
died in Parkhurst after fifteen years. But Harry Roberts, by his
own admission the instigator of the crime and the most notorious,
was released from prison after forty-eight years in 2015 making
national front page news. What could possess an apparently rational
and sane man, albeit an habitual criminal, to commit such a callous
and ruthless act? What kind of a man is he? How can an ordinary
person understand what he did? Should he be forgiven? 50 years
later, the full story for the first time.
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