Dying Ronnie Biggs visits scene of robbery | The Sun |News

Dying Ronnie Biggs visits scene of robbery | The Sun |News: "frail 81-year-old, usually confined to a wheelchair, was helped to his feet at the bridge where his gang bagged £2.6million in August 1963.
Sacks containing mail packed with cash and valuables were dropped to a waiting truck and two Land Rovers.

Great Train Robber ... Ronnie Biggs close friend said: 'Ronnie hasn't got long left and he was quite emotional. He's always wanted to go back there to lay the ghosts to rest.
'The last time, 47 years ago, it changed his life completely.'
Biggs was in a 15-man gang which halted the Glasgow-London post train at 3am.

Coshed ... driver Jack MillsDriver Jack Mills was coshed and never fully recovered.
The mob escaped from Bridego Bridge at Ledburn, near Mentmore, Bucks, with a haul that would have been worth £40million today.
East Ender Biggs was jailed for 30 years but escaped after 15 months.
He fled to Brazil - where he avoided extradition for 36 years.
The Sun brought Biggs back when he voluntarily returned to the UK in 2001 and was jailed.
He was freed on compassionate grounds last year and now lives in Barnet, North London."