Editing Great Train Robbery (1963) (section)

===Sentencing===
The 11 men sentenced all felt aggrieved at the sentences handed down, particularly Bill Boal (who died in prison) and Lennie Field, who were later found not guilty of the charges against them. The other men (aside from Wheater) resented what they considered to be the excessive length of the sentences, which were longer than those given to many murderers or armed robbers. Train robbers who were sentenced later, and by different judges, received shorter terms. The severity of the sentences caused some surprise. When mastermind Bruce Reynolds was arrested in 1968, he allegedly told arresting officer Tommy Butler that those sentences had had a detrimental effect. According to him, they had prompted criminals generally to take guns with them when they set out on robberies.

{| class="wikitable"
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!Name
!Age
!Occupation
!Sentence
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| John Thomas Daly || 32 || antiques dealer || No case to answer
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| Ronald Arthur Biggs || 34 || carpenter || 30 years (25 years for conspiracy to rob and 30 years for armed robbery)
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| Douglas Gordon Goody || 34 || hairdresser || 30 years (25 years for conspiracy to rob and 30 years for armed robbery)
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| Charles Frederick Wilson || 31 || market trader || 30 years (25 years for conspiracy to rob and 30 years for armed robbery)
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| Thomas William Wisbey || 34 || bookmaker || 30 years (25 years for conspiracy to rob and 30 years for armed robbery)
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| Robert Welch || 34 || club proprietor || 30 years (25 years for conspiracy to rob and 30 years for armed robbery)
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| James Hussey || 34 || painter || 30 years (25 years for conspiracy to rob and 30 years for armed robbery)
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| Roy John James || 28 || racing motorist and silversmith || 30 years (25 years for conspiracy to rob and 30 years for armed robbery)
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| Roger John Cordrey || 42 || florist || 20 years (20 years for conspiracy to rob and various receiving stolen goods charges)
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| Brian Arthur Field || 29 || solicitor's clerk || 25 years (20 years for conspiracy to rob and 5 years for obstructing justice)
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| Leonard Denis Field || 31 || merchant seaman || 25 years (20 years for conspiracy to rob and 5 years for obstructing justice)
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| John Denby Wheater || 41 || solicitor || 3 years (Aiding and abetting a crime)
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| William Gerald Boal || 50 || engineer || 24 years
|}