A MEMBER of the Great Train Robbery gang who was never caught has finally been unmasked as a cabbie - 56 years later.
Danny Pembroke, a former soldier, fled to the US in the wake of the heist, but moved back to Kent where he died in 2015, aged 79.A photo of the £2.6million stolen by the Great Train Robbers forty years ago, that went on display today at an exhibition at Thames Valley Police's museum in SulhamsteadA 15-strong gang of thieves attacked a Royal Mail train on its way from Glasgow to London.Some of the gang who were convicted were sentenced to 30 years behind bars.
Pembroke didn't speak about the robbery but his son Danny admits his involvement in a new Channel 4 documentary. Danny outlines how his dad was questioned by cops but released without charge due to a lack of evidence.Pembroke managed to live a comfortable life after he moved back to England because of his £150k share.
His son said: "We had a comfortable life but not over-extravagant. It was nice, it was above mediocrity.
Never caught? Of course not, he knew the back doubles.... He had the knowledge
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