Reynolds appears at Linslade Court House . Bespectacled Bruce Reynolds , who has been sought for questioning about the ? , 600 , 000 train robbery five years ago , is accompanied by police officers in Linslade , Bedfordshire today . This morning , 37 year old Reynolds appeared at the 100 year old court house at Linslade . He has been charged with being concerned with others in the robbery of the mail train at Cheddington , Bucks , on 8th August 1963 . Reynolds was arrested early yesterday morning at a semi - detached villa in Torquay where he lived with his wife Frances and his son Nicholas . 9 November 1968