in November 2000, aged 74. A family friend told how for every night until his death the former inspector had been haunted by the shootings of his colleagues. It is widely believed that the same gang had violently robbed the British Linen Bank in nearby Williamwood for £20,000 a few months earlier, along with a fourth man, getaway driver Archibald McGeachie. The subsequent whereabouts of McGeachie remain unknown and there is a rumour that he is buried in the pillars of the Kingston Bridge in Glasgow, perhaps killed by Wilson when he refused to take part in the Linwood robbery. Wilson, whose crime occurred two weeks after the death penalty was abolished, was released on parole in September 2002, aged 64, after serving nearly 33 years in prison. While incarcerated, he wrote a crime novel entitled Angels of Death which won a Koestler award. See also List of bank robbers and robberies List of British police officers killed in the line of duty List of heists in the United Kingdom References Real crime article Daily Record article Herald article Crime in Scotland Bank robberies Deaths by firearm in Scotland 1969 in Scotland Robberies in the United Kingdom History of Renfrewshire Murder in Scotland Clydesdale Bank December 1969 events in the United Kingdom 1969 murders in the United Kingdom British police officers killed in the line of duty 1960s in Glasgow Organised crime in Scotland Organised crime events in the United Kingdom