Great Train Robbery (1963) to become head of security for Qantas. He wrote his autobiography "No Fixed Address", which was published in 1973. Jack Slipper of the Metropolitan Police was promoted to Detective Chief Superintendent. He became so involved in the case that he continued to hunt many of the escaped robbers after he retired. He believed Biggs should not be released after returning to the UK in 2001 and he often appeared in the media to comment on any news item connected with the robbery before his death on 24 August 2005 at the age of 81. Detective Chief Superintendent Ernest Malcolm Fewtrell,
Ronnie Biggs Melbourne and claimed that police were closing in on him. The story led the 6 o'clock news at Channel 9 and Biggs fled his home, staying with family friends in the outer eastern suburbs of Melbourne. Five months later, he fled on a passenger liner from the Port of Melbourne, using the altered passport of a friend; his wife and sons remained in Australia. Twenty days later, the ship berthed in Panama and within two weeks Biggs had flown to Brazil. Following disclosure of Biggs' fathering a child in Brazil, Charmian agreed to a divorce in 1974, which was completed