Armed And Dangerous

Born into poverty ina Glasgow tenement, Jmaes 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 and he has spent much of his life behind variuos 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 entralling and his escapes are gripping.

James Crosbie has worked in the shipyards of Glasgow and spent time in the RAF, but the draw of crime has kept him from leading a straight life. He was born into abject poverty, and soon realised that to have something was better than to have nothing - and knowing no other way of obtaining more, he did so through crime.