Ronnie Biggs

[AlanR]

Whs ^^^

[swamp]

Reminds me of the campaign to free the Kray twins.

People seemed to forget they were violent murderers.

[Cyberman]

Yet another misjudgement by Labour and Jack Straw, trying to appear tough on crime by victimising a very old harmless man. If they freed him they would have a cell to hold real criminals !!

[Drewster]

Reminds me of the campaign to free the Kray twins.

People seemed to forget they were violent murderers.

Nah Mate they were the saaawt of vee earf! An' they wos ever so good to thier mum! An' we never 'ad no bovver wiv crime or nuffink! Local Scrotes knew they couldn't step outa line - you could leave yer door open an' everyfing.
The Krays they were 'eros they were.
Violent Psycotic Murderers ya say well they only killed thier own didn't they... never 'urt no one else well except if they got in the way like.... Protection Racket you say! Nah! Wern't Protection it was just like a sort of donation to keep the scrotes away....

[RichardCranium]

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That was clearly just trolling, and not very good trolling.

Try again.

[voodooflux]

Train robber Biggs wins freedom

Train robber Biggs wins freedom
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/norfolk/8188479.stm

Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs has been granted release from his prison sentence on compassionate grounds, Justice Secretary Jack Straw has said.

He explained that the decision was based on medical evidence that Biggs's condition had deteriorated and he was not expected to recover.

Biggs is severely ill in hospital with pneumonia and doctors have said there is "not much hope" for him.

Biggs, 79, was refused parole by Mr Straw last month.

He rejected a recommendation by the Parole Board which said the risk Biggs posed was "manageable".

Lawyer for Mr Biggs Giovanni Di Stefano described his release as a victory for common sense.

Continued at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/norfolk/8188479.stm

[minestrone]

Lawyer for Mr Biggs Giovanni Di Stefano described his release as a victory for common sense.

That was the crazy guy who owned Dundee FC. If I remember correctly he does not have a law degree, just opened a law firm and got his papers through a back door. He offered to represent Saddam Hussein and was told to GTF. Maybe he should have taken the offer.

[Cyberman]

A victory for commonsense. Jack Straw obviously realised that he had made a mistake. Yet another in a catalogue of U-turns by an incompetent HMG.

[PRC1964]

I wonder if he's really ill or will he do a Pinochet?

[Cyberman]

I wonder if he's really ill or will he do a Pinochet?

Wow... so Pinochet is really alive ? He had me fooled.