Detective Who Took Secrets of Great Train Robbery to His Grave ; the Dapper Old Man Who Strolled the Dorset Seashore and Enjoyed a Round of Golf Into His 90s Took One of the Great Secrets of Criminal History with Him to the Grave.

Western Daily Press › August 09, 2008

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The dapper old man who strolled the Dorset seashore and enjoyed a round of golf into his 90s took one of the great secrets of criminal history with him to the grave.

For Malcolm Fewtrell, former head of Buckinghamshire CID, believed he knew the names of at least two uncaught "masterminds" of the Great Train Robbery, dubbed the most audacious crime of the century, which took place 45 years ago today.

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Detective Who Took Secrets of Great Train Robbery to His Grave ; the Dapper Old Man Who Strolled the Dorset Seashore and Enjoyed a Round of Golf Into His 90s Took One of the Great Secrets of Criminal History with Him to the Grave.

Ch Supt Fewtrell, who retired to Swanage and lived in a bungalow overlooking the sea, said the mystery men did not take part in the robbery but were the "brain...

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