Ronnie Biggs: Free him or not?

[katoeylover]

BREAKING NEWS

Ronnie to be freed on compassionate grounds

[Stogie]

He'll be dead in a month. Meanwhile that cunt Jack Straw walks free.

[allstar88]

i bet he lives a few more years

[robbo]

how bout this for an idea,let him out and put him on a train with a couple of suitcases full of a few million squid,by the way first make sure everyone ( especially the most unsavoury nasty crims) knows what time location etc..........do you reckon he will have a good trip? or mayby the odd cosh or knife or gun even might interrupt his jollies?...........nuff said!

[strocube]

This just in:
Best of luck, Ronnie!


LONDON €” Britain's notorious "Great Train Robber" was released from his prison sentence Thursday as the nearly 80-year-old lay close to death in a hospital bed.

Britain's Justice Secretary Jack Straw said he decided to release Ronnie Biggs on compassionate grounds, after he fell seriously ill this week in his cell at Norwich Prison, 118 miles (190 kilometers) northeast of London.

The prison officers watching him at the Norwich and Norfolk Hospital will remain overnight, and leave tomorrow, once the paperwork for his release is complete, Straw said. Biggs turns 80 on Saturday.

Biggs was part of a gang that robbed a Glasgow-to-London mail train in August 1963, in what was called the "heist of the century." The robbery netted 2.6 million pounds €“ worth more than $50 million today.

Most of the gang was soon rounded up. Biggs was sentenced to 30 years in jail but escaped from prison in 1965 by climbing over a wall. He fled to Brazil, where he made a living from his notoriety, regaling journalists and tourists with stories of his exploits and even recording with punk band The Sex Pistols.

In 2001, he voluntarily returned to Britain, surrendered to police and was sent back to jail. He was locked up in Belmarsh high-security prison in London on his return before being moved to a specialist medical unit at Norwich prison

He has suffered a series of strokes and a broken hip, and is being treated for pneumonia. He is now bedridden, fed through a tube, and barely able to communicate.

His lawyers sought to have him released, arguing that his age and severe health problems mean he is no longer a threat.

He became eligible for parole last month after he served a total of 10 years of his 30-year sentence, but Straw overruled a parole board recommendation that Biggs be freed, saying that he was "wholly unrepentant" about his crimes.

Straw said that Biggs' condition changed his mind.

"The medical evidence clearly shows that Mr. Biggs is very ill and that his condition has deteriorated recently, culminating in his readmission to hospital. His condition is not expected to improve," Straw said in a statement. "It is for that reason that I am granting Mr. Biggs compassionate release on medical grounds."

Straw said Biggs must now live at an approved address and cannot travel abroad without approval from British authorities.

[Stogie]

(strocube @ Aug. 07 2009,02:40) Straw said Biggs must now live at an approved address and cannot travel abroad without approval from British authorities.

Jack Straw really is a cancerous, evil and useless prick!

What the fuck does he think Biggs is gonna do? Pop back over to Rio for that unfinished pint of beer.

[Guest]

On the Biggsy subject,

One of the finest and funniest broadcasts on live radio that I have ever heard was the conversation between Ronnie Biggs (while at large in Rio) and former Chief Superintendent Jack Slipper (Slipper of the Yard) back in the early 90's.....The banter between them was hilarious  
Jack Slipper died in 2005, he headed the flying squad and with it, the search for the train robbers, Biggs was the only one who evaded the long arm of the law

[anthony70]

thats it, keep ronnie locked up till he is totally fucked.

but let the lockerbie bomber out .

[jimslim]

A couple of snouts tell me it was Ronnie what done the big Jewelery heist in London last week , covered his coupon with a mask and all .....

Cor love a duck g'vnor

[Torurot]

Ronnie can't get BP (the oil company) a 25 Billion oil contract in Libya.

[daveduke007]

(anthony70 @ Aug. 21 2009,17:07) thats it, keep ronnie locked up till he is totally fucked.

but let the lockerbie bomber out .

And he got a Hero's welcome back in Lybia , should have let the cunt rot

[anthony70]

got to love the crarfty cockeney.

[jimslim]

A classic mode of transport , the Belfast taxi /DLA scooter .

Found in Iceland , Tesco and outside local bookmakers shops .

A fine and stylish way to avoid the hussle and bussle of modern day city life

[anthony70]

where i live, those carts are provided at asda "for our special customers".
is it just a coincidence that everyone riding in one is over 20 stone.?
they even clip a trolley on the front for all the cakes and pop.
lazy bastards.

[whore]

One of the most daring and well thought out robberies in recent history happened in Sweden the other day. Not long after Ronnie Biggs was let out. Coincidence maybe, or could he of been the pilot?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world....er-raid