222:, with killers identified by Pat Wilson as Bill "Porky" Edmunds, with Danny "Scarface" Roff as the accomplice. The two men were known to work as a team. Adkins was angry with Wilson because he had supposedly given permission for smuggler Jimmy Rose to admit to police that a drug shipment he was carrying was owned by Adkins, who was already a wanted man. After a request from Rose, Wilson rang one of Adkins' associates, Eamon Evans, to ask whether Rose could name him. While Rose denied naming Adkins, two days after Wilson's call to Evans, police raided Adkins hideout in Amsterdam shortly after he had left it. Adkins, a heavy drug user as well as dealer, was furious with Wilson, and would not agree to peaceful terms arranged by intermediaries. Whether or not the three men were guilty, they were widely held responsible, and Adkins was himself shot dead on 28 September 1990. On 10 February 1996, Danny 'Scarface' Roff, who had recently been released from prison, was wounded in the spine when a gunman walked into a club he was visiting and shot him multiple times. In March 1997, Roff was shot dead in his car as he returned home. Edmunds survived by going on the run.
204:
house, and when Pat Wilson opened the door, he asked (in a London accent) to speak to Wilson, as he had a message from Eamon Evans. A baseball cap pulled down shielded his eyes from view. Pat got him to leave the bike near the front door, and let him go out to the back garden to talk to Wilson who was preparing a barbecue dinner to celebrate his and Pat's wedding anniversary.
208:
one spot where it was possible to do so and to land safely outside, and circled back to the front of the house to retrieve the yellow bike. An accomplice pulled up in a van nearby and the killer put the bike in the back and escaped. The whole hit was expertly designed to kill Wilson alone, and leave his wife alive.
203:
On 23 April 1990, Wilson's cousin and his wife, who were staying with the
Wilsons in a hacienda north of Marbella, left the house, noticing a young man with badly dyed spiky blond hair sunning himself beside his yellow bicycle on a nearby roundabout. The same man knocked on the front door of Wilson's
207:
After five minutes of conversation, the visitor kicked Wilson in the groin, broke his nose, and shot him twice, once in the neck and once in the head. One of Wilson's two guard dogs sustained a broken leg trying to defend him and was later put down. The killer then jumped over the back fence in the
89:
Wilson turned to crime early in life and spurned his father's legitimate but low-income wage. While he did have legitimate work in his in-laws' grocer's shop, he also was a thief and his criminal proceeds went into buying shares in various gambling enterprises. He went to jail for short spells for
62:, London. Of heavy build and handsome appearance, with piercing blue eyes, Wilson was, from an early age, an intimidating presence. He soon befriended many known or would-be criminals. His friends from childhood included Jimmy Hussey, Tommy Wisbey,
410:
740:
514:
93:
In 1960, Wilson began to work with
Reynolds and planned to get into the criminal big league. In 1962, a gang led by Reynolds stole £62,000 in a security van robbery at
163:
Having successfully evaded re-capture for four years, Wilson was caught on 24 January 1968, after his wife telephoned her parents in
England, thus enabling
105:, which netted £700. But Reynolds, looking for his career-criminal defining moment, started planning his next train robbery over a period of three months.
414:
116:
Assizes in April 1964 he was given the nickname "the silent man" as he refused to say anything at all. Sentenced to 30 years imprisonment, he was held at
715:
634:
507:
710:
680:
745:
700:
705:
470:
112:. Wilson was the gang's treasurer who gave the robbers their cut of the haul: £150,000 each. He was soon captured, and during the trial at
725:
690:
500:
735:
139:
to join
Reynolds and Edwards, who had not been caught. Reynolds and his family later moved to Montreal, but a proposed theft of
33:
730:
685:
265:
144:
120:, where after just four months on 12 August 1964, he arranged for a three-man gang to break in and facilitate his escape.
720:
585:
378:
352:
436:
294:
695:
523:
109:
43:
440:
94:
482:
192:
167:
to track them down. Returning to
England, Wilson served 10 more years in the train robbers secure unit at
675:
670:
117:
219:
212:
258:
Killing
Charlie: The Bloody, Bullet-Riddled Hunt for the Most Powerful Great Train Robber of All
466:
261:
17:
580:
321:
78:
152:
140:
542:
537:
188:
124:
71:
63:
664:
649:
626:
164:
211:
Wilson's wife moved back to London to live near her daughters. Wilson was buried in
606:
601:
557:
356:
326:
67:
552:
81:. In 1955 he married Patricia (Pat) Osbourne, with whom he had three children.
42:(30 June 1932 – 23 April 1990) was an English career criminal. A member of the
168:
98:
492:
643:
148:
113:
59:
411:"The Great Train Robbery Part II – Did it end like a Children's Tea Party?"
382:
180:
136:
128:
47:
46:
gang, of which he was treasurer, he was shot dead on the doorstep of his
102:
132:
184:
496:
58:
Wilson was born on 30 June 1932 to Bill and Mabel Wilson in
108:
Reynolds organised a gang of 17 men to undertake the 1963
179:
A suspect in a £100 million gold fraud, Wilson moved to
218:
It is likely that Wilson was murdered on the orders of
127:, Canada, situated 70 kilometres (43 mi) west of
619:
594:
573:
566:
530:
191:. Engaged to launder some of the proceeds from the
74:and two car thieves, Mickey Ball and Roy James.
355:. Idler magazine. 14 March 1996. Archived from
135:. For Christmas 1964, the family travelled to
508:
8:
741:Prisoners and detainees of England and Wales
379:"1964: Great Train Robber escapes from jail"
316:
314:
312:
289:
287:
285:
283:
281:
279:
277:
187:, where he was suspected of involvement in
32:For other people named Charles Wilson, see
570:
515:
501:
493:
404:
402:
400:
251:
249:
247:
245:
243:
241:
239:
237:
235:
437:"What became of the Great Train Robbers"
353:"In conversation with... Bruce Reynolds"
295:"Great train robber escapes from Prison"
131:and 130 kilometres (81 mi) east of
347:
345:
231:
413:. algarvedailynews.com. Archived from
151:, before returning that summer to the
7:
483:"The mystery of Kenneth Noye's gold"
256:Wensley Clarkson (2 February 2006).
195:, he lost the investors £3 million.
27:English career criminal (1932–1990)
465:, Constable, London (2006) pg 345
25:
297:. History Channel. 12 August 1964
123:Wilson and his family settled in
716:English prisoners and detainees
147:observation. Reynolds moved to
77:From 1948 to 1950 he undertook
34:Charles Wilson (disambiguation)
711:English people murdered abroad
681:20th-century English criminals
1:
746:Burials at Streatham Cemetery
701:English expatriates in Canada
463:Who's Buried Where in England
145:Royal Canadian Mounted Police
143:with Wilson was prevented by
18:Charles Wilson (train robber)
706:English expatriates in Spain
586:Buckinghamshire Constabulary
762:
726:Great Train Robbery (1963)
691:Deaths by firearm in Spain
524:Great Train Robbery (1963)
322:"Obituary: Bruce Reynolds"
31:
260:. Mainstream Publishing.
736:People murdered in Spain
40:Charles Frederick Wilson
636:The Great Train Robbery
441:London Evening Standard
95:London Heathrow Airport
731:People from Battersea
686:Criminals from London
97:. They then robbed a
721:Great Train Robbers
595:Train Robbery Squad
485:. 25 February 2001.
461:Douglas Greenwood,
193:Brink's-Mat robbery
110:Great Train Robbery
90:numerous offences.
70:. Later on, he met
44:Great Train Robbery
417:on 30 January 2013
330:. 28 February 2013
220:Roy Francis Adkins
213:Streatham Cemetery
696:English criminals
658:
657:
615:
614:
471:978-1-84529-305-5
16:(Redirected from
753:
638:(2013 TV series)
581:Malcolm Fewtrell
571:
517:
510:
503:
494:
487:
486:
479:
473:
459:
453:
452:
450:
448:
433:
427:
426:
424:
422:
406:
395:
394:
392:
390:
385:. 12 August 1964
375:
369:
368:
366:
364:
359:on 20 April 2013
349:
340:
339:
337:
335:
318:
307:
306:
304:
302:
291:
272:
271:
253:
141:Canadian dollars
118:HMP Winson Green
79:National Service
21:
761:
760:
756:
755:
754:
752:
751:
750:
661:
660:
659:
654:
611:
590:
562:
526:
521:
491:
490:
481:
480:
476:
460:
456:
446:
444:
443:. 8 August 2003
435:
434:
430:
420:
418:
408:
407:
398:
388:
386:
377:
376:
372:
362:
360:
351:
350:
343:
333:
331:
320:
319:
310:
300:
298:
293:
292:
275:
268:
255:
254:
233:
228:
201:
177:
161:
153:South of France
87:
56:
37:
28:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
759:
757:
749:
748:
743:
738:
733:
728:
723:
718:
713:
708:
703:
698:
693:
688:
683:
678:
673:
663:
662:
656:
655:
653:
652:
647:
640:
632:
623:
621:
617:
616:
613:
612:
610:
609:
604:
598:
596:
592:
591:
589:
588:
583:
577:
575:
568:
564:
563:
561:
560:
555:
550:
548:Charlie Wilson
545:
543:Buster Edwards
540:
538:Bruce Reynolds
534:
532:
528:
527:
522:
520:
519:
512:
505:
497:
489:
488:
474:
454:
428:
396:
370:
341:
308:
273:
266:
230:
229:
227:
224:
200:
197:
189:drug smuggling
176:
173:
160:
157:
125:Rigaud, Quebec
86:
83:
72:Buster Edwards
64:Bruce Reynolds
55:
52:
50:home in 1990.
26:
24:
14:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
758:
747:
744:
742:
739:
737:
734:
732:
729:
727:
724:
722:
719:
717:
714:
712:
709:
707:
704:
702:
699:
697:
694:
692:
689:
687:
684:
682:
679:
677:
674:
672:
669:
668:
666:
651:
650:Terence Hogan
648:
646:
645:
641:
639:
637:
633:
631:
629:
625:
624:
622:
618:
608:
605:
603:
600:
599:
597:
593:
587:
584:
582:
579:
578:
576:
572:
569:
567:Investigators
565:
559:
556:
554:
551:
549:
546:
544:
541:
539:
536:
535:
533:
529:
525:
518:
513:
511:
506:
504:
499:
498:
495:
484:
478:
475:
472:
468:
464:
458:
455:
442:
438:
432:
429:
416:
412:
409:Jack Harvey.
405:
403:
401:
397:
384:
380:
374:
371:
358:
354:
348:
346:
342:
329:
328:
323:
317:
315:
313:
309:
296:
290:
288:
286:
284:
282:
280:
278:
274:
269:
263:
259:
252:
250:
248:
246:
244:
242:
240:
238:
236:
232:
225:
223:
221:
216:
214:
209:
205:
198:
196:
194:
190:
186:
182:
174:
172:
170:
166:
165:Scotland Yard
158:
156:
154:
150:
146:
142:
138:
134:
130:
126:
121:
119:
115:
111:
106:
104:
100:
96:
91:
84:
82:
80:
75:
73:
69:
65:
61:
53:
51:
49:
45:
41:
35:
30:
19:
642:
635:
627:
607:Jack Slipper
602:Tommy Butler
558:Ronnie Biggs
547:
477:
462:
457:
445:. Retrieved
431:
419:. Retrieved
415:the original
387:. Retrieved
373:
361:. Retrieved
357:the original
332:. Retrieved
327:The Guardian
325:
299:. Retrieved
257:
217:
210:
206:
202:
178:
175:Later career
162:
122:
107:
92:
88:
85:Early career
76:
68:Gordon Goody
57:
39:
38:
29:
676:1990 deaths
671:1932 births
553:Brian Field
447:28 February
421:28 February
389:28 February
363:28 February
334:28 February
301:28 February
215:in London.
665:Categories
267:1845960351
226:References
169:HMP Durham
159:Re-capture
99:Royal Mail
54:Early life
644:Mrs Biggs
574:Aylesbury
149:Vancouver
114:Aylesbury
101:train at
60:Battersea
383:BBC News
181:Marbella
137:Acapulco
129:Montreal
48:Marbella
620:Related
531:Robbers
103:Swindon
630:(film)
628:Buster
469:
264:
133:Ottawa
199:Death
185:Spain
467:ISBN
449:2013
423:2013
391:2013
365:2013
336:2013
303:2013
262:ISBN
66:and
667::
439:.
399:^
381:.
344:^
324:.
311:^
276:^
234:^
183:,
171:.
155:.
516:e
509:t
502:v
451:.
425:.
393:.
367:.
338:.
305:.
270:.
36:.
20:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.