On 7 may 2001 Ronnie biggs arrived in britain for the first time in thirty-five years. His return was the end of one of Britain's most famous crime stories;'the great train robbery'.in 1963 biggs was in a gang that stole 2.6 million from a train travelling thirty years in prison.many people thought that the sentence was too harsh.biggs also thought it was too harsh;so he decided to escape.