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- El gran robatori d'or va tenir lloc en la nit del 15 de maig de 1855 mentre tres bancs londinencs transportaven lingots i peces d'or des de l'estació de London Bridge cap a París via el South Eastern Railway. En total 91 quilos d'or, d'un valor de 12.000 £ (l'equivalent d'entre 2,6 i 4 milions de lliures al començament del segle XXI) van ser robats entre Londres i Folkestone, on havien de ser embarcats en un vaixell per fer cap, a través de la Mànega al port de Boulogne-sur-Mer. La banda responsable del robatori va ser desmantellada a conseqüència de la detenció d'Edward Agar i d'un dels seus còmplices mentre intentaven fer passar un fals xec, cosa que va permetre arribar fins a William Pierce amb qui Agar havia muntat l'operació. Aquesta història va inspirar lliurement la novel·la The Great Train Robbery de Michael Crichton, apareguda l'any 1975, i la pel·lícula, (1979). (ca)
- The Great Gold Robbery took place on the night of 15 May 1855, when a routine shipment of three boxes of gold bullion and coins was stolen from the guard's van of the service between London Bridge station and Folkestone while it was being shipped to Paris. The robbers comprised four men, two of whom—William Tester and James Burgess—were employees of South Eastern Railway (SER), the company that ran the rail service. They were joined by the two planners of the crime, Edward Agar, a professional career criminal, and William Pierce, a former employee of SER who had been dismissed for being a gambler. During transit, the gold was held in "railway safes", which needed two keys to open. The men took wax impressions of the keys and made their own copies. When they knew a shipment was taking place, Tester ensured Burgess was on guard duty, and Agar hid in the guard's van. They emptied the safes of 224 pounds (102 kg) of gold, valued at the time at £12,000 (approximately equivalent to £1,193,000 in 2021), then left the train at Dover. The police and railway authorities had no clues as to who had undertaken the theft, and arguments ensued as to whether it had been stolen in England, on the ship crossing the English Channel, or on the French leg of the journey. When Agar was arrested for another crime, he asked Pierce to provide his former girlfriend and child with funds. Pierce agreed, then reneged. In need of money, she went to the governor of Newgate Prison and told him who had undertaken the theft. Agar was questioned and turned Queen's evidence. Pierce, Tester and Burgess were all arrested, tried and found guilty of the theft. Pierce received a sentence of two years' hard labour in England; Tester and Burgess were sentenced to penal transportation for 14 years. The crime was the subject of a television play in 1960, with Colin Blakely as Pierce. The Great Train Robbery, a novel by the writer and director Michael Crichton was published in 1975. It was turned into a feature film, The First Great Train Robbery, with Sean Connery portraying Pierce. (en)
- Le grand vol d'or a eu lieu dans la nuit du 15 mai 1855 alors que trois banques londoniennes transportaient des lingots et des pièces d'or depuis la gare de London Bridge vers Paris via South Eastern Railway. Au total 91 kilos d'or, d'une valeur de 12 000 £ (l'équivalent d'entre 2,6 et 4 millions de livres au début du XXIe siècle) ont été volés sur la route de Folkestone avant de pouvoir être embarqués par bateau à travers la Manche pour le port de Boulogne-sur-Mer. Le gang à l'origine du coup a été démantelé à la suite de l'arrestation d'Edward Agar et de l'un de ses complices alors qu'ils tentaient de faire passer un faux chèque, ce qui a permis de remonter jusqu'à William Pierce avec qui Agar avait monté l'opération. Cette histoire a librement inspiré le roman Un train d'or pour la Crimée de Michael Crichton, paru en 1975, et le film qui en est tiré, La Grande Attaque du train d'or (1979).
* Portail de la criminologie
* Portail de l’Angleterre (fr)
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- El gran robatori d'or va tenir lloc en la nit del 15 de maig de 1855 mentre tres bancs londinencs transportaven lingots i peces d'or des de l'estació de London Bridge cap a París via el South Eastern Railway. En total 91 quilos d'or, d'un valor de 12.000 £ (l'equivalent d'entre 2,6 i 4 milions de lliures al començament del segle XXI) van ser robats entre Londres i Folkestone, on havien de ser embarcats en un vaixell per fer cap, a través de la Mànega al port de Boulogne-sur-Mer. (ca)
- The Great Gold Robbery took place on the night of 15 May 1855, when a routine shipment of three boxes of gold bullion and coins was stolen from the guard's van of the service between London Bridge station and Folkestone while it was being shipped to Paris. The robbers comprised four men, two of whom—William Tester and James Burgess—were employees of South Eastern Railway (SER), the company that ran the rail service. They were joined by the two planners of the crime, Edward Agar, a professional career criminal, and William Pierce, a former employee of SER who had been dismissed for being a gambler. (en)
- Le grand vol d'or a eu lieu dans la nuit du 15 mai 1855 alors que trois banques londoniennes transportaient des lingots et des pièces d'or depuis la gare de London Bridge vers Paris via South Eastern Railway. Au total 91 kilos d'or, d'une valeur de 12 000 £ (l'équivalent d'entre 2,6 et 4 millions de livres au début du XXIe siècle) ont été volés sur la route de Folkestone avant de pouvoir être embarqués par bateau à travers la Manche pour le port de Boulogne-sur-Mer.
* Portail de la criminologie
* Portail de l’Angleterre (fr)
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