Biggs awaits parole board ruling on freedom

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.

No details were available of the board’s decision, but its recommendation will be passed to Justice Secretary Jack Straw who will have the final say, a parole board spokesman said.

The earliest date that Biggs, 79, could be freed falls in the first week of July, and Straw’s decision should be made by then, the spokesman added.