Great Train Robbery (1963) and 5 years for obstructing justice), which was later reduced to five. He was released from jail in 1967 and went to live in north London. John Denby Wheater (born 17 December 1921, died 18 July 1985), was the employer of Brian Field. He was convicted and sentenced to 3 years. He died in Harrowgate, near Leeds aged 63 years old. At 5 am, Chief Superintendent Malcolm Fewtrell, head of the Buckinghamshire Police Criminal Investigation Department (CID), located at Aylesbury, arrived at the crime scene, where he supervised evidence-gathering. He then went to Cheddington railway station, where the train had
The Great Train Robbery (novel) did not want to be constrained by what actually happened. The true story of the robbery can be found David C. Hanrahan's book "The First Great Train Robbery". The "New York Times" called it "Mr Crichton's best thriller to date". The "Los Angeles Times" described it as "marvellous fun". The book was one of the biggest best selling novels in the US in 1975. Three audiobook versions have been released: The novel was later made into a 1979 film entitled "The First Great Train Robbery" directed by Crichton starring Sean Connery as Pierce, Donald Sutherland as Agar and Lesley-Anne Down