Great Train Robbery court files found in cellar
Summary
Court documents from the 1963 Great Train Robbery in Buckinghamshire, where 15 men stole £2.6 million from a Royal Mail train, have been found in a cellar close to the crime scene. These documents, along with photos and letters, were discovered by a woman sorting her late husband's belongings and will be auctioned in Derbyshire.Key Facts
- The Great Train Robbery occurred on August 8, 1963, near Cheddington, Buckinghamshire.
- The robbery involved 15 men who stole £2.6 million by tampering with train signal lights.
- Most of the robbers were caught and convicted, but some avoided capture.
- A woman found court documents related to the robbery in a locked safe while going through her late husband's possessions.
- These documents will be sold at an auction by Irita Marriott Auctioneer in September in Derbyshire.
- The documents date back to around the original trial in 1964 and were compiled by Colonel J. Owen-Jones, the Under Sheriff of Buckinghamshire.
- Additional items related to the robbery have been sold previously, including a collection by a detective from the original crime scene.
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