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Great Train robber Ronnie Biggs has died
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OneFootInTheGrave | Report | 18 Dec 2013 07:43 |
British criminal Ronnie Biggs, best known for his part in the 1963 Great Train Robbery, has died aged 84, the Press Association has reported. |
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Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it | Report | 18 Dec 2013 07:54 |
The drama about the train robbery starts tonight & is over two nights. We had earmarked it to watch, |
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Silly Sausage | Report | 18 Dec 2013 08:13 |
I think he will be remembered more for his escape from justice more than his part in the train robbery......me too Shirley |
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Staffs Col | Report | 18 Dec 2013 08:44 |
The train had called at our local station to pick up mail before it was robbed - Think on hindsight it was more of a Great Bungled Train Robbery with lots of mistakes made by the robbery team |
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Allan | Report | 18 Dec 2013 08:48 |
And who remembers the poor train driver who eventually died as a result of his injuries? |
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Dermot | Report | 18 Dec 2013 09:01 |
Death always wins. |
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OneFootInTheGrave | Report | 18 Dec 2013 09:41 |
He was basically a small time crook who played a minor role it the great train robbery, his notoriety did not come from his part in the robbery, he only gained notoriety after his escape from prison from the way he ran circles round all the attempts that were made to recapture him, these kept him in the limelight and his death and funeral will once again ensure he is front page news. |
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AnnCardiff | Report | 18 Dec 2013 09:41 |
exactly Allan - my son is a train driver |
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~Lynda~ | Report | 18 Dec 2013 10:38 |
The Great Train Robbery, was carried out by a bunch of small time robbers the reason they got such long sentences was because the theft was against the crown, a Royal Mail train was robbed. Had they of got a shorter sentence, their notoriety wouldn't have been great, and the robbers wouldn't have been so "interesting" and we wouldn't even know Ronnie Biggs had died. At the time of the trial, then the sentence, the public were unhappy with the length of the sentences the robbers had got. |
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PollyinBrum | Report | 18 Dec 2013 10:52 |
He was a small time thief and crook, he was a con man who mocked the law of our country. He only gave himself up when he became ill to allow him to receive the medical care he needed. My thoughts today are not for Ronnie Biggs, they are for the family and friends of the train driver Jack Mills. |
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Dermot | Report | 18 Dec 2013 10:55 |
Biggs will never escape death's prison. |
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Staffs Col | Report | 18 Dec 2013 11:09 |
He was bad from the start - dishonourably discharged from the RAF after deserting and breaking into a chemists shop, then a life of crime. I so hope the BBC don't try and turn him into some sort of folk hero |
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OneFootInTheGrave | Report | 18 Dec 2013 11:25 |
Staffs Col - like you I am hoping the media, especially the BBC & Sky news channels, do not try and portray him as some sort of hero. |
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JoyBoroAngel | Report | 18 Dec 2013 12:05 |
lets remember he only came back to use our NHS services |
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~Lynda~ | Report | 18 Dec 2013 12:35 |
I have to add, I do have sympathy with Ronnie Biggs' family, they didn't rob a train they have lost a Son/ Father/Husband/Brother/Uncle/friend, just like any of us who have lost a loved one, they grieve just the same for there loss, as we would for our losses, and Just for the record, Ronnie Biggs was never tried for murder, nor were any of the other train robbers. |
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JustGinnie | Report | 18 Dec 2013 13:21 |
He had no remorse for what he did and he enjoyed his life on the run. |
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Allan | Report | 18 Dec 2013 20:56 |
Lynda, whilst the Biggs family may not have had any involvement in the robbery, his wife and children fled with him to Australia after he escaped from prison. I think that at least for his wife comes under the category of aiding and abetting a convicted criminal who was also an escapee from lawful custody. |
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ZZzzz | Report | 18 Dec 2013 22:17 |
It has always been my opinion that it is only because it was government money that the sentencing was so harsh, it doesn't make it right what they did and it is just my opinion. |
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Allan | Report | 18 Dec 2013 22:27 |
ZZzzz, I agree about the length of prison sentences where government is concerned. |
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~Lynda~ | Report | 18 Dec 2013 22:28 |
The family obviously loved him Allan, and wanted to be with him, the family hadn't been involved in the robbery, so were at liberty to go wherever they wanted in the world. |
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