Who were the Great Train Robbers?

Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs has been granted release from his prison sentence on compassionate grounds by Justice Secretary Jack Straw.

The 79-year-old is the best known of the robbers, but who were the other gang members and what happened to them?

In his 1995 memoirs, Reynolds said the robbery was a curse

The thief and antiques dealer masterminded the robbery which has become one of the most notorious in British criminal history.

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