Great Train Robbery and the Metropolitan Police Flying Squad
Great Train Robbery and the Metropolitan Police Flying Squad
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Summary
This is the first book to ever tell the story of the men who investigated the Great Train Robbery with the author being the only person to interview the surviving officers.
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Great Train Robbery and the Metropolitan Police Flying Squad by Geoff Platt
The Squad that investigated The Great Train Robbery. "The Old Grey Fox" or "One Day Tommy" (Detective Chief Superintendent Tommy Butler) selected six of the best officers on the elite Metropolitan Police Flying Squad to investigate the Crime of the Century, but whilst many books have been written by and about every criminal arrested for this crime, NONE have been written about the detectives who traced and tracked them. Tommy Butler delayed his retirement to complete the job, but died a few months after he retired at 57 years of age, the only detective of his rank in the late 1950s and 1960s not to publish an autobiography. This book provides a detailed account of the men tasked with tracking down the most notorious thieves in British history. It examines the investigation in detail and asks how it would contrast with the methods used today should a similar incident take place. Geoff Platt examines what happened to these men after the investigation was closed and the effect it had on both their personal and professional lives.
Geoff Platt is a freelance journalist who has written extensively for national newspapers on matters of crime and defence. As a former Police detective, he has unique access to records not usually available to authors and a huge network of contacts. His findings make for fascinating reading.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781473823808 |
| ISBN 10 | 1473823803 |
| Title | Great Train Robbery and the Metropolitan Police Flying Squad |
| Author | Geoff Platt |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2015-05-01 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |