on 7 may 2001 Ronnie Biggs arrived in Britain for the first time in thirty-five years Hits 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 EUR from a train travelling between London and Glasgow. The gang was caught quickly, ang Biggs was sentenced to thirty years in prison. Many people trought that the sentence was too harsh. Biggs also trought it was too harsh, so he decided to escape