Reynolds organised a gang of 17 men to undertake the Great Train Robbery ( 1963 ) . Wilson was the gang 's treasurer who gave each of the robbers their cut of the haul : £ 150,000 each . He was captured quickly , and during the trial at Aylesbury Crown Court in April 1964 he got the nickname " the silent man " as he refused to say anything at all . Sentenced to 30 years , he was held at HMP Winson Green , where after just four months on 12 August 1964 , he arranged for a three-man gang to break in and break him out
Great Train Robbery ( 1963 )
Great Train Robbery (1963)
Charlie Wilson (criminal)