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The Great Train Robbery and the Metropolitan Police Flying Squad

The Great Train Robbery and the Metropolitan Police Flying Squad
Date: February 20th, 2019
ISBN: 1473823803
Language: English
Number of pages: 224 pages
Format: EPUB
The amazing true story of one of Great Britain's most notorious heists and the crack team that brought the perpetrators to justice.

On August 8, 1963, a group of fifteen men dressed in military uniforms stopped the Royal Mail train running between Glasgow and London at Sears Crossing in Ledburn. The gang uncoupled the engine and first two cars, drove them to a different location, and then disappeared with one hundred and twenty mailbags containing more than £2.5 million in used banknotes. A number of books have already been published about England's infamous Great Train Robbery, but until now, little has been written about the intensive police investigation and the intrepid team that hunted down the criminals responsible.

In this riveting true crime chronicle, author, journalist, and former police detective Geoff Platt explores the execution and aftermath of the brazen criminal enterprise that British newspapers dubbed "the Crime of the Century." He introduces readers to members of the elite Flying Squad organized by "the Old Grey Fox," Det. Chief Superintendent Tommy Butler, and details step by step, the organization and execution of the massive police inquiry, and exposes the mistakes that hindered the robbers and the investigators alike. In addition, Platt compares the methods used more than fifty years ago with contemporary crime fighting and forensic techniques to explore how the same investigation would most likely be run today.

A fascinating study of crime and detection, The Great Train Robbery and the Metropolitan Police Flying Squad shines a brilliant new light on a legendary act of audacious criminality.

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