Ronnie Biggs time from first meeting to Biggs's flight to Brazil. In 1970, when Biggs arrived in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil did not have an extradition treaty with the United Kingdom. In 1971, Biggs's eldest son, Nicholas, aged 10, died in a car crash in Melbourne. In 1974, "Daily Express" reporter Colin MacKenzie received information suggesting that Biggs was in Rio de Janeiro; a team consisting of MacKenzie, photographer Bill Lovelace and reporter Michael O'Flaherty confirmed this and broke the story. Scotland Yard detective Jack Slipper arrived soon afterwards, but Biggs could not be extradited because his girlfriend, nightclub dancer Raimunda de
Tommy Butler Copper's Tale", the second part of a two-part BBC television drama entitled "The Great Train Robbery" that was first broadcast in the U.K. in December 2013. The role is played by Jim Broadbent. Coincidentally, the first part of "The Great Train Robbery" first aired on the same day that Ronnie Biggs died (18 December 2013). Tommy Butler Thomas Marius Joseph “Tommy” Butler MBE (21 July 1912 – 20 April 1970) was a Detective Chief Superintendent in the Metropolitan Police in London. He was most notable for leading the team of detectives that investigated the Great Train Robbery in 1963. He