The Great Train Robbery
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The Train Robbery
The failure to burn down the farm is a calamitous mistake for the robbers. The police turned to their extensive network of informants for information on suspected members of the gang. In particular, one is Ronnie Biggs, who's in the fingerprint database. Exploiting these contacts with the criminal underworld gives them two lists of names,. men who could have been involved in the train robbery.
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