Editing Great Train Robbery (1963) (section)

===Douglas Gordon Goody===
Authorities regarded Douglas Gordon Goody as the mastermind of the operation.<ref name="theguardian">{{cite news | title =Great Train Robber who got away will be named | work =The Guardian | date =4 August 2013 | url =https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/aug/04/great-train-robbery-mystery-fixer | access-date =4 August 2013 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20131220075004/http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/aug/04/great-train-robbery-mystery-fixer | archive-date =20 December 2013 | url-status =live }}</ref> He first made contact with 'The Ulsterman' in a meeting set up by Brian Field in Finsbury Park. Of [[Northern Irish people|Northern Irish]] descent, Goody was born in [[Putney]], London in March 1930 and was still living there in his mother's flat at the time of the robbery. In the early 1960s, he joined Buster Edwards' gang and helped rob various easy targets.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Read |first1=Piers Paul |title=The Train Robbers: their story |date=1978 |publisher=W.H. Allen |location=London |isbn=0340237791 |pages=28–36 |edition=Coronet}}</ref> In August 1963, he was arrested in connection with the Great Train Robbery and taken to the [[Leicester City Police Headquarters]] for questioning by Detective Chief Inspector Peter Vibart of the [[Flying Squad]].<ref>{{cite book| title=The Great Train Robbery and the Metropolitan Police Flying Squad | chapter=Gordon Goody | last=Platt | first=Geoff | date=2015 | publisher=[[Pen & Sword Books]] | isbn=978-1473857469 }}</ref> Sentenced to 30 years for his role in the crime, he was released from prison in 1975. Goody then moved to the white-washed town of [[Mojácar]] in Almería, Spain, where he ran a beachfront bar. 

In a September 2014 interview, Goody claimed the identity of 'The Ulsterman' was one Patrick McKenna, a postal employee. The interview was shown in a documentary marking the 50th anniversary of the robbery, called ''The Great Train Robbery: A Tale of Two Thieves''.<ref name="theguardian" /> The documentary makers employed social worker [[Ariel Bruce]], who finds missing family members, to trace McKenna. Discovered after obtaining records through the Freedom of Information Act, McKenna had died some years previously. However, Bruce made contact with McKenna's family and obtained copies of photographs, which Goody confirmed to be the same person he had met 50 years earlier.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.economicvoice.com/the-great-train-robbery-a-tale-of-two-thieves-will-reveal-the-identity-of-the-mastermind/|title=The Great Train Robbery: A Tale of Two Thieves - The Economic Voice|work=economicvoice.com|access-date=27 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923233312/http://www.economicvoice.com/the-great-train-robbery-a-tale-of-two-thieves-will-reveal-the-identity-of-the-mastermind/|archive-date=23 September 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> The documentary was shown in cinemas and on-demand in October 2014. It suggests that McKenna never benefitted from the money, but instead gave it to the Catholic Church. It suggests McKenna was motivated by the failure of the post office to provide better security for the night train staff, and he had hoped the robbery would be a wake up call. Goody died of emphysema on 29 January 2016 at the age of 85.<ref name=NYT_bio_death>{{cite news |last1=Roberts |first1=Sam |title=Gordon Goody, a Leader of the Gang in the Great Train Robbery, Dies at 85 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/03/world/europe/gordon-goody-leader-of-the-gang-in-the-great-train-robbery-dies-at-85.html |access-date=1 June 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=2 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203140654/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/03/world/europe/gordon-goody-leader-of-the-gang-in-the-great-train-robbery-dies-at-85.html |quote=No cause was specified, but he was reported to have had emphysema. |archive-date=3 February 2016}}</ref>