- Jack Slipper
Jack Slipper (
April 20 1924 –August 24 2005 ) was a DetectiveChief Superintendent in theMetropolitan Police inLondon . He was known as "Slipper of the Yard" (referring toScotland Yard ).He was mainly known for his role in investigating the Great train robbery in 1963. He became so involved with its aftermath that he continued to hunt down many of the escaped robbers in retirement. He believed that
Ronnie Biggs should not be released after returning to the UK in 2001 and he regularly appeared in the media to comment on any news item connected to the robbery. He was also involved in several other cases, including theMassacre of Braybrook Street .Jack Slipper set up the Robbery Squad, which later merged into the
Flying Squad .He was also responsible for Britain's first "Supergrass" trial in 1973, in which bank robberBertie Smalls testified against his former associates in exchange for his own freedom.In the 1980s - 90s Slipper worked in security for IBM UK, working out of their Greenford, Middlesex offices. He frequented the Black Horse public house, Harrow Road, Wembley. Fact|date=August 2008
Slipper was born in London and joined the Metropolitan Police in 1950. Prior to this he worked as an electrician's apprentice until 1941, when he enlisted in the
Royal Air Force .He died aged 81 after a long illness.
External links
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4181484.stm Obituary, BBC] ,
24 August 2005
* [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,60-1749084,00.html Obituary, "The Times"] ,25 August 2005 References
*"Slipper of the Yard": Autobiography of Jack Slipper. ISBN 0-283-98702-2
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