This story has many of the elements needed to make a movie: a train hold-up, a gun battle and a dead body left behind by the surviving robbers. This story, however, unfolded in the pages of the ...

The legendary fugitive took part in one of the best-known British robberies. Ronnie Biggs, known for his role in the 1963 Great Train Robbery, is shown in Rio de Janiero, in this May 5, 2001 photo.

LONDON (Reuters) - "Great Train Robber" Ronnie Biggs lost his long-running bid for early jail release on Wednesday after the British government said he should not be allowed out on parole because he ...

Ronnie Biggs, the former fugitive who helped stage Britain’s “Great Train Robbery” in 1963, has been released from prison, marking the end of a criminal saga that has played out over 40 years and ...

Ronnie Biggs, who achieved worldwide fame for taking part in the Great Train Robbery of 1963 and then playing cat-and-mouse with U.K. police for 35 years, has died aged 84. The train heist was the ...

LONDON (Reuters) - "Great Train Robber" Ronnie Biggs lost his long-running bid for early jail release on Wednesday after the government said he should not be allowed out on parole because he was ...