The Great Train Robbery (43 page)

Harry Smith. After a nine-month manhunt, he was finally arrested by Flying Squad officers in South London in May 1964 and taken into custody at Aylesbury. The DPP eventually decided not to press charges. (Metropolitan Police)

Billy Still. Police suspected that it was his job to clean and burn down the farm – he was, however, arrested in Euston Square in connection with another offence before the train robbery took place. (Metropolitan Police)

April 1964. Percy Hoskins of the
Daily Express
highlighting the view that the Post Office insider must be a relatively high-ranking official. (
Express
newspapers)

A very rare photo of Jimmy White taken while he was in hiding. (Author’s collection)

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