Historic crime sheet goes under hammer

Tommy Wisbey was a bookie hired as ‘muscle’ as part of the the 15-strong gang who robbed a Royal Mail train at Bridego Railway Bridge on August 8, 1963.
Wisbey was 34 years old on the day of the robbery, which resulted in £2.6mn – worth £48mn in today’s money – being stolen.
Following the robbery, Wisbey was sentenced to 30 years in prison having been captured on September 11, 1963 but he was released in 1976 – but not before he had entrusted his share of the money to his brothers.
This original charge sheet was given to Wisbey for the part he played in the infamous robbery.
The piece of history was rediscovered by Wisbey himself after his wife passed away in September 2013.
He was going back through the letters that he sent his wife while in prison and discovered that she had kept the original charge sheet that was given to Wisbey at Aylesbury Police Station on the day of his arrest.
The charge sheet is framed and glazed and comes with a hand-written letter of provenance from Thomas Wisbey himself, together with a recent photograph of Wisbey with the charge sheet.
The item is expected to sell for between £300 and £500 when it goes on sale at Special Auction Services, based at Greenham Business Park, on October 7 2014.