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2013年12月18日のブックマーク (4件)

  • Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs dies aged 84

    British criminal Ronnie Biggs, who took part in the 1963 Great Train Robbery, has died aged 84, his spokeswoman has confirmed. Biggs was part of the gang which escaped with £2.6m from the Glasgow to London mail train on 8 August 1963. He was given a 30-year sentence but escaped from Wandsworth prison in 1965. In 2001, he returned to the UK seeking medical help but was sent to prison. He was releas

    Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs dies aged 84
    feather303
    feather303 2013/12/18
    "Christopher Pickard, ghost writer of Biggs's autobiography, said Biggs was "one of the first products of the media age" who "inherited fame while running around the world,"
  • 英列車強盗のビッグズ元受刑者死去 自伝出版、映画にも:朝日新聞デジタル

    【ロンドン=伊東和貴】1963年に英国で郵便列車を襲い、現金260万ポンド(当時約26億円)を奪った強盗団の一員、ロナルド・ビッグズ元受刑者が18日、ロンドンの介護施設で死去した。84歳だった。英メディアが一斉に伝えた。 懲役30年の実刑判決を受けたが、1年余りで脱獄。顔を整形し、オーストラリアをへてブラジルに逃亡。自伝やレコードを出し、映画にも描かれた。2001年に英国に帰国して収監されたが、09年に肺炎のため釈放されていた。 波瀾(はらん)万丈の半生について英国内での評価は割れており、英BBCは「憎めない老不良か、暴力的な犯罪者か?」と伝えている。

    英列車強盗のビッグズ元受刑者死去 自伝出版、映画にも:朝日新聞デジタル
    feather303
    feather303 2013/12/18
    "懲役30年の実刑判決を受けたが、1年余りで脱獄。顔を整形し、オーストラリアをへてブラジルに逃亡。自伝やレコードを出し、映画にも描かれた。2001年に英国に帰国して収監されたが、09年に肺炎のため釈放"
  • Ronnie Biggs Obituary: From teaboy to Great Train Robber, the

    feather303
    feather303 2013/12/18
    "in 1978 sang with the Sex Pistols on “No One is Innocent” (he claimed to have received no royalties despite the record’s success)."
  • Japan boosts military forces to counter China

    PM Shinzo Abe wants Japan to adopt a more proactive security strategy Japan's cabinet has approved a new national security strategy and increased defence spending in a move widely seen as aimed at China. Over the next five years, Japan will buy hardware including drones, stealth aircraft and amphibious vehicles. The military will also build a new marine unit, an amphibious force capable of retakin

    Japan boosts military forces to counter China
    feather303
    feather303 2013/12/18
    "America currently guarantees Japan's defence, with a nuclear powered aircraft carrier and 50,000 troops stationed there."