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Michael Biggs holds his father's prison release papers.
Friday, Aug. 07, 2009

Open quoteIt's pathetic that anyone would expect my father to serve 30 years for taking part in a train robbery. Close quote

  • MICHAEL BIGGS,
  • whose father Ronnie Biggs was a member of the 15-person gang that attacked a U.K. mail train in 1963, stealing more than $4.3 million in the Great Train Robbery. Ronnie's release from prison was due to an illness from which he is not expected to recover
Photo: Alastair Grant / AP | Source: BBC