The legendary fugitive took part in one of the best-known British robberies. Ronnie Biggs, known for his role in the 1963 Great Train Robbery, is shown in Rio de Janiero, in this May 5, 2001 photo.
Court documents related to the Great Train Robbery have been found inside a locked safe in a cellar. On 8 August 1963, a gang of 15 men stole £2.6m from a Royal Mail train near Cheddington, ...
Ronnie Biggs, who achieved worldwide fame for taking part in the Great Train Robbery of 1963 and then playing cat-and-mouse with U.K. police for 35 years, has died aged 84. The train heist was the ...
Jack Slipper, 81, the tenacious but frustrated Scotland Yard detective who personified the worldwide hunt for the Great Train Robbery fugitive Ronnie Biggs, died Aug. 23, it was reported in London. In ...