Mastermind of ‘Great Train Robbery’ dies

Bruce Reynolds, the brains behind the “Great Train Robbery” in Britain that brought its perpetrators cash, incarceration, and fame, died yesterday. He was 81.

Reynolds was part of a gang that stole sacks containing £2.6m from a Glasgow to London mail train in Aug 1963. The haul would be worth over £40m (€46.4m) today, and was then Britain’s biggest ever robbery.

Reynolds escaped to Mexico, where he lived the high life and evaded capture for several years, but returned to England when his money ran out.