GREAT Train Robber Ronnie Biggs will stay in hospital for at least a week after his release yesterday from prison on compassionate grounds, his son Michael said.

The family of Ronnie Biggs vowed to fight on for his freedom after Britain's Justice Secretary Jack Straw condemned the Great Train Robber to a likely death behind bars.

RONNIE BIGGS was refused parole yesterday by Justice Secretary Jack Straw, who accused the Great Train Robber of being “wholly unrepentant” about his crimes.

GREAT Train Robber Ronnie Biggs will learn within weeks whether he has succeeded in his bid for early jail release after a parole board panel met yesterday to consider his case.

British Ministry of Justice officials were today urged to free one of the UK’s most notorious criminals, Ronnie Biggs, on compassionate grounds as he lay ill in hospital.