Train Robber
The life and times of the UK’s most famous robber.
Is it right to put old people in prison? Is it right to keep prisoners in jail even though they are old and sick. This is a difficult question. Especially when it comes to someone like Ronnie Biggs.
Ronnie Biggs is one of England’s most notorious criminals. Biggs, an English gangster, was part of one of the most famous robberies in British history. In 1963, fifteen robbers hijacked the Post Office train travelling between Glasgow and London. £2,631,784 was stolen from the train and the driver was seriously assaulted. The equivalent of this in today’s money would be £40 million. Hardly any of the money was recovered. The robbery became known as the Great Train Robbery. Thirteen members of the gang were later caught after a tip-off. Their fingerprints were found on a Monopoly board. They had been playing the game with real money!