Armed and Dangerous - This is the True Story of How I Carried Out Scotland's Biggest Bank Robbery

James Crosbie

• Publisher: John Blake
• Year: 2007
• Topic: Social Sciences
• eBook ISBN:
  9781782192435
• Subtopic: Criminology
• Index: Social Sciences

...Within half an hour, the place was buzzing. 'The airport's been shut down.' 'Bank robbers have dumped a car.' 'They've taken hostages.' 'They're tying to get out of the country.' The gossip ranged wide and wild as rumours spread. I got a lift back to the main terminal buildings and spotted our getaway car, highlighted by a ring of police and their colourful vehicles... Born into poverty in a Glasgow tenement, James Crosbie went on to become Scotland's most notorious bank robber, the man behind the biggest heist in the country's history. Fearless, adventurous and mischievous, he saw success as a businessman and a traveller. But the lure of the next great job always proved too much, particularly when on one occasion he was mistakenly given bail following a serious robbery. Eccentric and high-spirited, Crosbie became famed for escaping the scene of his crimes on a bicycle. But he didn't always get away free and has spent much of his life behind various grim sets of bars from the notorious Barlinnie to the forbidding walls of Peterhead. Determined, persistent, witty and charismatic, James Crosbie is one of Scotland's most charming robbers. His story is enthralling and his escapades are gripping.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• Introduction
• Chapter 0ne: The Power of Money
• Chapter Two: The Rock
• Chapter Three: Ducking and Diving
• Chapter Four: Conduct: Exemplary
• Chapter Five: When I’m Breaking Windows
• Chapter Six: The Great Escapes
• Chapter Seven: The Ballad of Reading Borstal
• Chapter Eight: Sharpshooter Crosbie
• Chapter Nine: Tea Shops for Two
• Chapter Ten: Working for the Kray Twins
• Chapter Eleven: Pavement Artists
• Chapter Twelve: Pay Days
• Chapter Thirteen: Zombie Nation
• Chapter Fourteen: Anything, Anywhere, Anytime
• Chapter Fifteen: Gracious Living
• Chapter Sixteen: All That Glitters
• Chapter Seventeen: The Great Train Station Robbery
• Chapter Eighteen: Better Safe, Then Sorry
• Chapter Nineteen: Harry Roberts is My Friend, Crosbie Shoots Coppers… Not!
• Chapter Twenty: Twelve-gauge Action
• Chapter Twenty-one: A Bit of Business with Bob
• Chapter Twenty-two: Blagger on a Bike
• Chapter Twenty-three: The Most Dangerous Man in Scotland
• Chapter Twenty-four: Papillon of Peterhead
• Chapter Twenty-five: Poofery at Peterhead
• Chapter Twenty-six: The Coodgie Gang
• Chapter Twenty-seven: Blagger on the Box
• Afterword: Iceland Can Wait
• About the Author
• Copyright