on 7 May 2001 Ronnie Bigs arrived in Britain for the first time in 35 years. His return was the end of Britain's most famous crime stories, The Great train Robbery. In 1963 Biggs was in a gang that stole £2.6 million from train travelling between London and Glasgow. The gang was caught quickly, and Biggs was sentenced to 30 years in prison. Many people thought that the Sentence was too harsh.Biggs also thought it was too harsh, so he decided to escape.