THE WIRRAL, ENGLAND: Stephen French, a former European Karate champion with a psychology degree, stands in the boxing ring at a gym in Merseyside. French is also a criminal, claiming that he invented the crime of "taxing," or robbing drug dealers, in the early eighties.
ENGLAND: Paul Grimes, a former mid-ranking robber in a Liverpool crime family, poses on location at his home. Stressful events in Grimes' life spurred him to help bring down Curtis Warren and John Hasse, two of Britain's biggest criminals.
THE WIRRAL, ENGLAND: Stephen French, a former European Karate champion with a psychology degree, boxes at a gym in Merseyside. French is also a criminal, claiming that he invented the crime of "taxing," or robbing drug dealers, in the early eighties.
08.08), 09.05 - 09.20 Uhr auf WDR 5. ZeitZeichen erinnert an den spektakulären Überfall auf den Postzug zwischen Glasgow und London im Jahre 1963. Verurteilt wurden 15 Gangster, der bekannteste unter ihnen Ronald Biggs, dem es gelang, aus dem Gefängnis zu fliehen. Erst 2001 wurde er in England wieder gefasst. Das Foto zeigt ihn nach der Urteilsverkündung 1964.