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May 25, 2017 · It was the end of the road for Eddie Maher, who had been on the run - with wife and children in tow - for 19 years. How did one of the UK's most wanted men evade capture for so long?
Nov 26, 2017 · On the morning of 22nd January 1993, van driver Eddie Maher pulled off one of the most infamous heists in British history when he stole £1.2 million from the back of his Securicor van.
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Mar 5, 2013 · Notorious fugitive Eddie 'Fast Eddie' Maher has been jailed for five years for stealing a security van containing £1.2m two decades ago. The former security guard admitted the theft from his employer Securicor after being extradited from the United States where he had been on the run for 19 years.
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You have to fight the urge to socialise. One slip of the tongue can give you away. I’m not a big drinker so that was never a concern, and we kept our heads down as much as we could. That’s one of the reasons why, after 20 years living in the US, I never lost my cockney accent; most of my conversations were with Debbie. We made friends by accident e...
Eventually, the money runs out and you’re forced to get a job. In the US you can’t get work without a social security number, which I obviously didn’t have. Luckily for me, my elder brother had married an American girl years before and had a green card so I assumed his identity, living in the US under my own surname, all while the FBI, Interpol and...
When it’s just you, your wife and your kids, it can put a strain on your relationships. You need to know you can trust them completely. You can’t lie to each other, especially when your entire lives are a lie. I didn’t tell Debbie what I’d done until we got to the US. Obviously, she was furious and spent some time considering her options. But here’...
I didn’t have as much money as the police thought, but I had some. I always wanted to learn how to fly, so one of the first things I did was get my pilot’s licence... then I bought a plane, in cash. And a couple of boats. But that’s about as extravagant as I got. I didn’t just show up at places with bundles of cash for no reason. That’s how you get...
You never stop looking over your shoulder, no matter how used to life you become – especially if I ever heard an English accent. I remember being in Disney World with my two sons and hearing an English dad talking to his kids. I grabbed my kids’ hands and walked the other way. That happened a few times, actually. The nastiest part of it all, howeve...
Mar 5, 2013 · The crime that netted security guard Eddie Maher £1.2m and led to a life on the run - but ultimately to a five-year jail term.
Feb 9, 2012 · Eddie Maher, known as "Fast Eddie", disappeared following the theft from a Securicor van in Felixstowe, Suffolk, in 1993. But he is being held by police after being apprehended in the the Ozarks, an area of central eastern US which includes Arkansas and Missouri.
May 4, 2017 · This is the true story of Eddie Maher who drove off in his securicor van with 1.2 million in the back. He then flees to America and goes undetected for 19 years!
