Allan Heyl

{{short description|South African bank robber}}

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George Allan Heyl (died April 17, 2020) was a South African criminal, member of the Stander Gang.[http://www.mg.co.za/article/2005-05-21-allan-heyl-now-free-to-speak-media Allan Heyl now free to speak to media – Mail & Guardian Online: The smart news source]

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.[http://www.thestar.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=225&fArticleId=249706 Star]

Heyl had travelled to Britain, where he committed further robberies. These led to his arrest and, in 1985, he was tried at Winchester Crown Court 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.{{cite news|last1=Malefane|first1=Moipone|title=Last Stander gang member applies for parole|url=https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/last-stander-gang-member-applies-for-parole-216346|accessdate=30 November 2017|publisher=IOL|date=July 5, 2004}}