George Allan Heyl (died April 17, 2020) was a South African criminal, member of the

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/ref> Heyl met his accomplices André Stander and Lee McCall in 1977, while they were in prison together (Heyl had been sentenced in 1977 for an earlier string of bank robberies); Stander and McCall escaped from prison in August 1983, and broke Heyl out in October of that same year. The three then began a crime spree, which ended on January 30, 1984 when McCall was killed in a shoot-out with police. Stander, who had travelled to America, likewise died in a shoot-out with police there on February 13, 1984.Star
/ref> Heyl, who had travelled to the Greek island of Hydra shortly before McCall's fatal encounter with police, then travelled to

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, where he committed further robberies. These led to his arrest and, in 1985, he was tried at

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and sentenced to nine years in a British prison. At the end of his British sentence, he was extradited to South Africa, and re-imprisoned on charges pertaining to the Stander Gang robberies. Heyl was serving a sentence of 25 years in Krugersdorp Prison.

Post-prison activities and release

In the 2003 film '' Stander'', Heyl is portrayed by

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. Heyl, who at the time was still in prison, supplied the filmmakers with much background detail on the gang's practices. Heyl was paroled in 2005, and became a motivational speaker. He died on April 17, 2020.Last surviving member of notorious Stander Gang dies
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