Posted by TheKrayTwins.com on March 23, 2006, 8:59 pm A bit of background detail: He and others stole £2.6 million from a mail train. After he was convicted he escaped from HM Prison Wandsworth in 1965 by scaling the wall with a rope ladder, got papers and a new face in Paris, and fled to Australia and then Brazil in 1970. He allegedly had only £200 left when he arrived in Brazil. His wife, Charmian, and two sons stayed behind in Australia. He spent the next three decades of his life as a fugitive and became somewhat of a media celebrity. In 2001 Biggs announced to The Sun newspaper that he would be willing to return to the UK. He had suffered a stroke the previous year and was in poor health. His stated desire was to "walk into a pub a British man and have a pint of bitter" (Not much to ask). He returned on May 7, 2001, and was re-imprisoned for his crimes. Since his return he has undergone numerous health scares, including two heart attacks, and has failed to get his sentence overturned or reduced. Now Ronnie is now weaker than ever before, many would say he has paid for his crimes. Although he spent 30 years in Brazil he didn't commit a crime, that tells me he is not an habitual offender. Ronnie is 76 years old and has had no trouble in the almost 5 years served. We are now in an age where Terrorists are in and out of prison within 3 years (e.g. Michael Stone). So why does a man as old and weak as Ronnie need to be kept in prison. Not just any prison, but the most secure Maximum Security Prison in Britain? Do we really need to protect anyone from Ronnie Biggs or is it a total waste of tax payers money?
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Full name: Ronald Arthur Biggs
D.O.B: 8th August 1929 (76 years old)
Claim to fame: Minor participation in the Great Train Robbery in 1963.
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