Bruce Reynolds was leader of a gang of robbers the 1963 the large mail train robbery accomplished.

Life

Bruce Richard Reynolds was born on 7 September 1931 in London as a son of a trade unionist and a nurse. Already early he conflicted with the law and had already as for 18 months because of break-downs in the prison. In the course of the years it because of its refined break-downs and assaults ascended to the leader of a "company" (group of criminal ones) and to a small "star" in the Londoner underworld. It led a life-style always Officially it spent itself usually as an antique dealer from Croydon, in order to cover its life as notorious criminal. Its sporadic prison stay added up already 1963 nearly to one decade.

The large assault

On 8 August 1963 Reynolds as well as Ronnie Biggs, Ronald attacks "Buster "Edward, Charlie Wilson "the Schweiger ", Roy James "the weasel ", Thomas Wisbey, Robert what, Gordon Goody, James Hussey, Rodger Cordrey, James White and unites unknown quantities at 3.10 o'clock in the morning the royal mail train from Glasgow to London. The course is brought with Sears Crossing in Ledburn, close Mentmore, in the county Buckinghamshire by a manipulated course signal to a halt and 1 km of far up to the Bridego is driven bridge. One the post office robber (alleged Edwards) strikes down the platoon leader Jack Mills, which carries a brain vibration and a belibendes trauma off, it dies 7 years later at leukaemia.

The robbers capture 120 money bags with 2.63 million Pound. That would correspond today to a sum of approximately 30 million Pound, therefore 50 million euro.

While most involved ones are fast seized and 1964 to detentions by up to 30 years is condemned, Reynolds successfully submerges after the robbery and flees over France to Mexico, where he lives Buster Edward with his family and partially also some years under wrong name. At the end of of 1968 it is seized with a stay in England and condemned in January 1969 to 25 years detention. 1978 it will prematurely dismiss. 1984 he comes because of alleged trade with hashish and Amphetaminen into the prison, however in March 1985 is begnadigt again.

Life after the prison

By its advisory assistance for the film "Buster" with Phil Collins in the title part (1985) receives entrance to the world of the media finally to Reynolds and is soon gladly seen guest in the TV. Thus he presents the TV-price "Telestar" to 2002 at refuge Tappert, which 38 years ask him before into "the Gentlemen to the cash" had played. Besides the extremely well read and cultivated Reynolds works as speaking, among other things in the elite school Eton and as an author of cinema criticisms. 1995 it publishes its autobiography ("Autobiography OF A Thief").

Reynolds, which remained by the million-robbery only debts, lives today in modest conditions. Thus the former autofool does not possess today times more his own car.

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