Buster Edwards
Buster Edwards | |
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Born | Ronald Christopher Edwards 27 January 1931 |
Died | 28 November 1994 Lambeth, London, England | (aged 63)
Other names | Buster |
Occupation(s) | Barman, florist |
Criminal status | Released in 1975 after serving nine years |
Spouse | June Rose Rothery (1952-1994; his death) |
Children | 1 |
Motive | Financial |
Conviction(s) | Great Train Robbery |
Criminal penalty | 15 years |
Ronald Christopher "Buster" Edwards (27 January 1931 – 28 November 1994) was a British criminal who was a member of the gang that committed the
Early life
Edwards was born in
He was involved in the theft of £62,000 (£1.41 million today) from Comet House, the headquarters of British Overseas Airways Corporation at Heathrow Airport, in 1962. Many of the gang were captured, but Edwards escaped arrest. Many from the same gang were involved in the Great Train Robbery in August 1963.
Great Train Robbery
The Great Train gang intercepted the Glasgow-London
Edwards and another gang member, Bruce Reynolds, took their families to Mexico. The money ran out, and Edwards's family became homesick, so he negotiated his return to England in 1966. He was arrested and sentenced to 15 years in jail.
Later life
Edwards spent nine years in prison.
Buster Edwards can be seen making a cameo appearance in the film Buster alongside Phil Collins' wife Jill in the scene in which Buster and June land in Mexico, he and Jill walk out of the airport in front of Buster and June Edwards.
Personal life
Edwards married June Rothery in 1952. They had a daughter, Nicolette.[3]
Death
Edwards died in
References
- ^ Richard Hobbs, 'Edwards, Ronald Christopher [Buster] (1931–1994)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004 accessed 21 Sept 2010
- ^ a b c "The Great Train Robbers: Who were they?". BBC News. 18 December 2013.
- ^ Guardian Staff (13 September 2016). "Police seek great train robber Buster Edwards – archive, 13 Sep 1963". The Guardian.
- ^ Boggan, Steve (30 November 1994). "Train robber Edwards is found hanged". The Independent.
- New York Times.
- ^ Braid, Mary (10 February 1995). "Buster Edwards `too drunk' to have committed suicide". The Independent.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 1 January 2009. Retrieved 1 November 2009.
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