A fugitive British train robber who has lived in South America for years has told Scotland Yard he wants to turn himself in A fugitive British train robber who has lived in Brazil for many years has told Scotland Yard he wants to come home. Scotland Yard in London says it has received an e-mail message from Ronnie Biggs, who was part of a gang that robbed more than 2.5 million pounds from a British train in 1963. Biggs was caught, but escaped after only 15 months in prison and made his way to Brazil, where he has lived ever since.
Brazil has no extradition treaty with Britain or with the United States.
He told a British newspaper he is in debt, ailing and homesick for British beer.