8 Great train robber
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 between London
and glasgow.the gang was caught quickly
and bigg 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.