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GREAT Train Robber Ronnie Biggs has been granted "compassionate release" from his prison sentence, Justice Secretary Jack Straw said last night. Mr Straw said the decision was based on medical evidence that Biggs's condition had deteriorated and he was not expected to recover.
Biggs, who turns 80 this weekend, is severely ill in hospital with pneumonia and doctors have said there is "not much hope". Last month the Justice Secretary rejected Biggs's application for parole on the grounds that the robber was "wholly unrepentant" about his crimes.See the full content of this document
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