Ronnie returns from his tree-felling job and Charmian realizes that he has been involved in the Great Train Robbery. This is confirmed when he shows her his share: £147,000.
Ron's picture appears in an Australian magazine. They decide that he doesn't look different enough and feel like they have no alternative but to up sticks again.
As Ron begins a new life in Rio, Charmian makes the best of things as a single mother in Melbourne. But tragedy strikes when their eldest son Nicky is killed in a car accident.
Charmian Powell meets Ronnie Biggs on a train. As Ronnie is a petty criminal, Charmian's headmaster father does not approve and forbids her to see him. In love, she leaves home, steals from her employer, and goes on the run with Ronnie.
