Freed Biggs will stay in hospital

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.

Michael Biggs said his father, who has pneumonia, needed minor surgery and would not be fit to move until at least mid-August.

Justice Secretary Jack Straw said late on Thursday that he had decided to release Biggs on compassionate grounds.