Biggs leaves in police convoy

About 60 police officers were waiting at the airfield’s entrances in seven police vans and at least three police cars to welcome penniless Biggs, who has suffered three strokes and can no longer speak properly.

The fugitive, who long ago spent his £147,000 share (worth about £1.6m in today’s money) of the 1963 mail train robbery haul, hopes to receive vital medical treatment, which he could not afford in Brazil.