Jack Slipper Jack Slipper Jack Kenneth Slipper (20 April 1924 in London – 24 August 2005 in Pershore) was a Detective Chief Superintendent in the Metropolitan Police in London. He was known as "Slipper of the Yard" (referring to Scotland Yard). He was mainly known for his role in investigating the Great Train Robbery of 1963, and in tracking down Ronnie Biggs after he escaped from prison in 1965, although he had to leave Brazil without Biggs. Slipper was born in Ealing, west London, and educated at Little Ealing School. He left school aged 14 and worked as an electrician's apprentice until
Chris Brent Chris Brent Christopher (Chris) Dean Brent (born January 1963) is a former Australian rules footballer. He set the Fitzroy Football Club record for most goals kicked in an Under 19s season when he kicked 91 goals in the 1981 season. He had kicked 98 goals for Doncaster Football Club in the Eastern Football League Under 18s the previous year. Brent's father, the great train robber Ronnie Biggs, had little influence on his son's life. Brent never played for Fitzroy at senior level, playing instead in Tasmania for Burnie Tigers and then for Old Trinity Grammarians in the Victorian Amateur Football