On 7may 2001 Ronnie Biggs arrived in Britain for the first time in thirty-five years. His return was the end of one of Britain is most famous crime stories, 'The Great Train Robbery'. In 1963 Biggs was in a gang that stole 2.6 million from a train travelling between London and Glasgow. The gang was caught quickly, and Biggs was sentenced to 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.