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The great train robbery
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The great train robbery
In 1963 a sum of 2.6 million pounds was stolen
from a train
It was never recovered
Today the money would be worth
40 million pounds.
A post office train
From
Glasgow
London
Was stopped by red lights
One person working on the train went to make a call
A glove had been placed over the green light
the telephone cables had been cut off.
and a six-volt battery gave electricity to the red one.
On the return he was grabbed from behind.
All the people working on the train were tied.
No guns were used.
The carriage with all the money was uncoupled from the others and driven to a nearby bridge.
Robbers moved the money into cars
They got bored and started to play Monopoly
But they played with real money
He later settled down in Brazil
In order to avoid being caught by the police, the robbers hid in an abandoned farmhouse.
When he was there, he met a woman.
Since they had a child he was allowed to stay.
The band Sex Pistols made a music video with him.
The robbers had left fingerprints behind
People would pay him and offer him a drink to hear him talk about his life.
Some of them escaped from prison.
Soon they were tracked down and captured.
In 2001, he returned to England to get medical care.
Ronnie Biggs escaped on a furniture van.
He escaped England and had plastic surgery
He was arrested, and in 2009 he was released due to his bad health.
To change his appearance.
By people dropping a ladder over the wall.
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