Death of Great Train Robbery gang member

Gordon Goody, 86, died in the town of Mojacar where he ran a bar.

Goody was jailed for 30 years for his part in the robbery, but was released in 1975 and set up his Spanish bar four years later.

The August 1963 heist – during which the gang stopped a Royal Mail train at Bridego Railway Bridge, Ledburn – still remains as one of the most audacious plots in English criminal history and put Leighton Buzzard on the map across the globe.

They stole £2,631,684 in used notes (about £43m in today’s money).

Mojacar Town Council released a statement saying Goody died on Friday morning surrounded by friends but did not reveal the cause of death.