How The Great Train Robbery Changed Crime Science
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Fifteen men stopped the Glasgow–London mail train in 1963 with a battery and a glove, stole £2.6m (~$75m)… then blew it spectacularly. After hauling to Bridego Bridge, their ringer couldn’t drive the diesel, Jack Mills was coshed, and at Leatherslade Farm they left fingerprints on ketchup bottles and Monopoly money—Scotland Yard pounced and an Aylesbury judge gave 30-year terms. Mastermind Bruce Reynolds was nabbed later; only ~£400k surfaced, Ronnie Biggs lit up Rio, and the Great Train Robbery rewired UK security.
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