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
Great Train Robbery (1963) and Roger Cordrey, as well as three men known only as numbers "1", "2" and "3". A 16th man, an unnamed retired train driver, was also present at the time of the robbery. With careful planning based on inside information from an individual known as "The Ulsterman" (named as Patrick McKenna in 2014), the robbers escaped with over £2.6 million (equivalent to £ today). The bulk of the stolen money was never recovered. Though the gang did not use any firearms, Jack Mills, the train driver, was beaten over the head with a metal bar. Mills' injuries were severe enough