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The Great Train Robbery of 1963: Who was in the gang with Ronnie Biggs and how much was stolen?
Evening Standard via Yahoo News UK· 12 months agoThis month marks the 60th anniversary of the Great Train Robbery, one of Britain’s most notorious...
‘Mess in prison system will have played a role in Daniel Khalife’s escape’
PA Media: UK News via Yahoo News UK· 11 months agoA former director general of the Prison Service has criticised the “mess” in the system that he...
Gangster-turned-author Dave Courtney found with gunshot wound, says coroner
PA Media: UK News via Yahoo News UK· 8 months agoLondon gangster-turned-author Dave Courtney was found with a gunshot wound by a friend in his...
The turbulent life of Dave Courtney, the East End gangster-turned-film star
Evening Standard via Yahoo News UK· 9 months agoDressed in a sharp white suit and knuckle dusters, for a long time Dave Courtney was the archetype...
Family pays tribute to ex-gangster’s ‘incredible, colourful, rock ‘n’ roll life’
PA Media: UK News via Yahoo News UK· 9 months agoThe family of ex-gangster Dave Courtney has paid tribute to his “incredible, colourful, rock ‘n’...
Hunt for escaped prisoner Daniel Abed Khalife: Why wasn't terror suspect banged up in modern...
Sky News via Yahoo News UK· 11 months agoMost terror suspects are kept in Belmarsh jail, considered the UK's most secure. Jail breakouts are...
Daniel Khalife: escapes are just one symptom of a failing prison system
The Conversation via Yahoo News UK· 10 months agoHMP Wandsworth. William Barton/Shutterstock Following the recapture of escaped terror suspect Daniel...
Wandsworth Prison: What life is like at jail from where terror suspect Daniel Abed Khalife escaped
Sky News via Yahoo News UK· 11 months agoWandsworth prison has been plagued by staff shortages, prisoner overcrowding, graffiti, rubbish and...
Former London gangster-turned-author Dave Courtney dies aged 64
PA Media: Entertainment via Yahoo News UK· 9 months agoFormer London gangster-turned-author Dave Courtney has died aged 64. Courtney was found dead at his...
The notorious prison breakouts of IRA men, a Soviet spy and one of the Great Train Robbers
Sky News via Yahoo News UK· 11 months agoFormer British soldier Daniel Abed Khalife, 21, is yet to be caught after he escaped from Wandsworth...