Plea to release ailing Biggs

THE son of Ronnie Biggs made a heartfelt plea to the British Government last night to release the seriously ill Great Train robber.

Plea to release ailing Biggs
Wed, 29 Jul, 2009 - 01:00
Chris Greenwood

Michael Biggs fears the 79-year-old criminal is at his lowest ebb after being readmitted to hospital yesterday from prison with severe pneumonia.

Legal representatives made an emergency application to Justice Secretary Jack Straw to ask for his release on compassionate grounds.

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