Bruce Reynolds
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"1957:" Assault and robbery, 3½ years HMP Wandsworth"1969:" Great Train Robbery (1963)/Great Train Robbery, 25 years HMP Durham"1980:" Drug dealing, 3years HMP Maidstone

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/ occupation = Messenger, Cyclist, Antiques dealer

/ spouse = Frances (until her death)

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/ children = Nick Reynolds (sculptor)/Nick Reynolds

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"Bruce Richard Reynolds" (7 September 1931 – 28 February 2013) was an English people/English criminal, who masterminded the 1963 Great Train Robbery (1963)/Great Train Robbery. At the time it was Britain's largest robbery, netting , which was equivalent to £41million in July 2013. Reynolds spent five years on the run before being sentenced to 25 years in 1969. He was released in 1978. He wrote three books and performed with the band Alabama 3, for whom his son, Nick, plays.

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He was not the same person when he came back as when he left.

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He [Slipper] was a gentle giant and that sort of weight carries some force in the underworld. He was a key member of the team that eventually brought most of the train robbers to justice.

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You ask how this happened. If I stood here and poked you, over and over, for six years, would you put up with it? You mix that with a guy who just came back from Iraq, what do you expect?

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He was the person who went out and picked up the soldiers who got blown up. I have sympathy for him.

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The thing that marked Bubba is that he was so well-liked. He had a great outgoing personality with a fun-loving nature. He was also a very good football player.

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