Formerly a high-living fugitive, hospitalized Biggs is near death
LONDON - Ronnie Biggs, the last prisoner from Britain's "great train robbery" and once a high-living fugitive in Rio de Janeiro, gained his freedom on Friday but remained near death in his hospital bed.
Weakened by pneumonia, unable to speak and enfeebled by a series of strokes, Biggs laboriously tapped out on a spelling board that he was "very happy" that he had been given a compassionate release from custody.
"It was very emotional when the guards left," his son Michael said.
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2 comments:
Its worth the risk.
I think it was today that "Sqeaky Fromme" the former Manson Groupie that attempted to shoot Gerald Ford was also let out of prison.
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