Jack Slipper (April 20 1924-August 24 2005) was a Detective Chief Superintendent in the Metropolitan Police in London. He was known as "Slipper of the Yard" (referring to Scotland Yard). He was mainly known for his role in investigating the Great train robbery in 1963. He became so involved with its aftermath that he continued to hunt down many of the escaped robbers in retirement. Wikipedia
Jack Slipper, who has died aged 81, was a former head of the Metropolitan Police's Flying Squad, best known for his pursuit of the Great Train Robber, Ronnie Biggs, whom he attempted to arrest in Brazil in 1974. news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4181484.stm
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For a few days it looked as if Slipper of the Yard, as he was thereafter indelibly branded by the press, had got his man. But it was not to be. www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,60-1749084,00.html
