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- Biggs's only task was to supervise Agate's participation in the robbery, and when it became obvious that Agate was not able to drive the train, he and Biggs were sent to the waiting truck to help load the mail bags.
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Dec 18, 2013 · It's one of the biggest criminal thefts Britain has seen in the past century - the Great Train Robbery of 1963. On August 8 that year a criminal gang stole millions of pounds from a...
- The Great Train Robbers: Who were they? - BBC News
Ronald Arthur "Ronnie" Biggs was jailed in 1964 for his part...
- Ronnie Biggs: A life on the run - BBC News
In April 1964, Ronnie Biggs was sentenced to 30 years in...
- The Great Train Robbers: Who were they? - BBC News
Ronald Arthur Biggs (8 August 1929 – 18 December 2013) was an English criminal who helped plan and carry out the Great Train Robbery of 1963. He subsequently became notorious for his escape from prison in 1965, living as a fugitive for 36 years, and for his various publicity stunts while in exile.
Oct 12, 2024 · Ronnie Biggs was a British criminal who was involved in the Great Train Robbery (1963) and later became a fugitive from justice. On August 8, 1963, Biggs and 14 other men stopped the Glasgow–London Royal Mail Train near Bridego Bridge, north of London, and stole £2.6 million.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Feb 28, 2013 · Ronald Arthur "Ronnie" Biggs was jailed in 1964 for his part in the robbery, but his subsequent escape from prison and his life as a fugitive for 36 years gained him notoriety.
Dec 18, 2013 · In April 1964, Ronnie Biggs was sentenced to 30 years in prison for his role in the Great Train Robbery eight months earlier.
Dec 18, 2013 · Biggs's part in the 1963 Great Train Robbery - in which a gang held up a mail train, making off with £2.6m - and his later escape from prison that sparked a global chase gave him a notoriety...
Ronnie Biggs, in his 1994 autobiography, Odd Man Out, said that Bruce Reynolds offered him a chance to join the gang if he could find a train driver. Biggs was renewing the front windows of a train driver's house in Redhill, who he calls 'Peter' (and whom he believes to be dead by 1994).
