GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY
‘Master Mind’ Discounted (N.Z.P.A.~Reuter —Copyright) AYLESBURY (Buckinghamshire), Jan. 23. Suggestions that there was a “master mind” behind Britain’s great train robbery last August were discounted by the Crown Prosecution at Buckinghamshire Assizes yesterday. Each one of the bandits played his individual part, the Prosecutor (Mr Arthur James) said. The trial is proceeding. Some might have decided to rob the train. They decided they needed technical help, then that they needed a place to lie and wait after the robbery. This could have meant other men joining the gang. Another man might have joined with the role of purchaser of a hideout. “Battle Force”
Still another might have been needed to provide a face for the legal formalities to cover up the illegal purpose. Others might have simply joined as a “battle force,” Mr James said. "I am not suggesting there was a ‘master mind’ behind the robbery,” he added.
The prosecutor was outlining his case against 20 men and women facing trial at Aylesbury on charges arising from the £2,600,000 robbery last August 8.
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Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30348, 25 January 1964, Page 10
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