Aug 6th, 2009 - BBC NEWS
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Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs has been granted release from his prison sentence on compassionate grounds by Justice Secretary Jack Straw.
The 79-year-old is the best known of the robbers, but who were the other gang members and what happened to them?
In his 1995 memoirs, Reynolds said the robbery was a curse
The thief and antiques dealer masterminded the robbery which has become one of the most notorious in British criminal history.
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Ronnie Biggs 'a free man' as guards leave his hospital bed
Aug 7th, 2009 - guardian.co.uk
The Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs is officially a free man today after the three prison guards who have been mounting a round-the-clock watch on him left his bedside at the Norfolk and Norwich hospital...
Train robber Biggs awaits release
Aug 6th, 2009 - BBC NEWS
Biggs has suffered several strokes and is fed through a tube Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs is preparing for his formal release from prison after being granted freedom on compassionate grounds.



