Ruby Sparks: the smash-and-grab gangster

Alyson Brown charts the criminal career of Ruby Sparks, burglar and prison rioter in the early 20th century

Aftermath of a smash-and-grab raid at a shop in London, c1929. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

January 19, 2011 at 4:45 pm

This article was first published in the January 2011 edition of BBC History Magazine

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