Robin Hood? I Was More of a Robbin'b *****D! ; a Judge Branded Him the Most Dangerous Man in Scotland. Now He's Telling His Story in His Own Words... [Scot Region]
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THE policeman's nerves jangled in time to the insistent ringing of the bank's alarm bell. The branch had just been robbed and somewhere in this maze of streets a desperate felon was escaping. Manning a road block, the young officer was vigilant. If only this buffoon approaching on the bicycle was not obscuring his view.
'C'mon, get out!' he urged the cyclist, pedalling at a snail's pace, his knees exposed by ludicrous shorts. And the cyclist smiled and rode away from the scene of Scotland's biggest bank heist with the equivalent of Pounds 680,000 in today's money in his rucksack.See the full content of this document
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Robin Hood? I Was More of a Robbin'b *****D! ; a Judge Branded Him the Most Dangerous Man in Scotland. Now He's Telling His Story in His Own Words... [Scot Region]
'Poor cop wasn't expecting a getaway bike!' says James Crosbie, recalling that day 35 years ago - one of many which he admits shamefacedly were spent on the wrong side of the law.
The robber turned writer, once described by a High Court judge as Scotland's most dangerous man, remains a criminal legend not just for his robberies and escapes but for his habit of comforting those involved in the raids, often telling them it would be over soon and they should not worry.'Bit of a contradiction, of course,' he ...See the full content of this document
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