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The Great Train Robbery of 1963: Who was in the gang with Ronnie Biggs and how much was stolen?
Evening Standard via Yahoo Canada News· 11 months agoThis month marks the 60th anniversary of the Great Train Robbery, one of Britain’s most notorious...
The notorious prison breakouts of IRA men, a Soviet spy and one of the Great Train Robbers
Sky News via Yahoo Canada News· 10 months agoFormer British soldier Daniel Abed Khalife, 21, is yet to be caught after he escaped from Wandsworth...
Wandsworth Prison: What life is like at jail from where terror suspect Daniel Abed Khalife escaped
Sky News via Yahoo Canada News· 10 months agoWandsworth prison has been plagued by staff shortages, prisoner overcrowding, graffiti, rubbish and...
The turbulent life of Dave Courtney, the East End gangster-turned-film star
Evening Standard via Yahoo Canada News· 8 months agoDressed in a sharp white suit and knuckle dusters, for a long time Dave Courtney was the archetype...
The Great Train Robbery 60 years later: 'My father masterminded it - and I spent five years on the...
Sky News via Yahoo Canada News· 11 months agoIn August 1963, a group of 15 robbers boarded a Royal Mail train travelling from Glasgow to London...
Hunt for escaped prisoner Daniel Abed Khalife: Why wasn't terror suspect banged up in modern...
Sky News via Yahoo Canada News· 10 months agoMost terror suspects are kept in Belmarsh jail, considered the UK's most secure. Jail breakouts are...
Gangster-turned-author Dave Courtney found with gunshot wound, says coroner
PA Media: UK News via Yahoo Canada News· 7 months agoLondon gangster-turned-author Dave Courtney was found with a gunshot wound by a friend in his...
‘Mess in prison system’ will have played a role in Khalife’s escape, says official
Evening Standard via Yahoo Canada News· 10 months agoA former director general of the Prison Service has criticised the “mess” in the system that he...
Family pays tribute to ex-gangster’s ‘incredible, colourful, rock ‘n’ roll life’
PA Media: UK News via Yahoo Canada News· 8 months agoThe family of ex-gangster Dave Courtney has paid tribute to his “incredible, colourful, rock ‘n’...
Daniel Khalife: escapes are just one symptom of a failing prison system
The Conversation via Yahoo Canada News· 10 months agoHMP Wandsworth. William Barton/Shutterstock Following the recapture of escaped terror suspect Daniel...