Biggs was part of a gang which stole £2.6 million from a mail train in the early hours of August 8, 1963. Train driver Jack Mills, 57, was coshed with iron bars during the robbery. He never ...

The Great Train Robbery was one of the biggest thefts Britain has seen. Fifteen men stole £2.6m from a mail train travelling from Glasgow to London on 8 August 1963. The gang stopped the train on ...