If you don't know who he is,don't answer "Ronnie who?"
You're not funny just obvious
2006-10-05 04:38:08 · 22 answers · asked by rosbif 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
No. That is just sending out the message that you can commit a crime, bugger off to another country, live it up, and then come home broke and get away with it. Not on!
He knew he broke the law, he knew the sentences involved, and he should pay them, even if he dies in jail. You reap what you sew.
2006-10-05 04:54:34 · answer #1 · answered by Marlene 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ronnie had his freedom....and it was in the sun.
This romantic idea that he was some Robin Hood type character along with Buster Edwards and the rest of that motley crew of thugs makes me heave.
Would you ask the same question of Peter Sutcliffe?...Ian Huntley?....the list goes on and on....
Ronnie Biggs was not a robber of the rich who gave to the poor...he and his cohorts were prepared to kill (and did kill) to get what they wanted.
Real life is not a Brit film or made in Hollywood it results in loss of life for innocent people, personally, if they were to release him...they should ship him back to Brazil...afterall...he only came back to the UK for the health service...
2006-10-05 08:35:21 · answer #2 · answered by lippz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Okay, Ronnie why?
Is he innocent all of a sudden? Has he served out his sentence?
Since Ernest Saunders, I would hope they're reluctant to release people early on "compassionate grounds". And how much compassion was shown to Jack Mills?
I'm really fed up with all the answerers below romanticising a man who was a thief and a fugitive, who thoroughly enjoyed thumbing his nose at justice for years on end. Would you be as forgiving if he'd just broken into your car and nicked your stereo?
2006-10-05 04:40:36 · answer #3 · answered by gvih2g2 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is childish to hold him that long just because he played the British police like puppets. Just to get even with him, they let him rot and die in prison. The guy lived his life and was lucky on several occasions. Let him have his pint as a free man. I bet he will die the next day, known his last wish was granted. What a life he lead, incredible. His part in the crime was minor and it is outdated, more than thirty years ago. Let him out. It's a waste of space.
2006-10-05 04:51:15 · answer #4 · answered by Avatar13 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah let Ronnie out, hes done his time. Free the prison up for someone else.
2006-10-05 04:42:12 · answer #5 · answered by Annie M 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't honestly understand why he came back in the first place. Maybe he's broke?! How old is the bloke now anyway 80?
He's made a mockery of the whole thing by enjoying nearly 30 years of the high life to go to jail (hospital) for the rest of his ill life.
I say just let him go, there is no point in keeping him in really.
2006-10-05 04:54:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As he commited nearly 40 years ago what is the point in keeping him in. He has served time in jail . Compaired to what people get these days for murder he might as well be released.
As for Jack Mills , He died 7 years later. It might be due to the robbery but it can hardly be blamed on one man.
He is no threat to anyone so let him out.
2006-10-05 04:51:07 · answer #7 · answered by Dirty Rob 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It seems quite incredible that a dying man is kept as he is. His crime was serious but should not have kept him in jail this long. If you consider you can come to the UK as an illegal immigrant. Steal a car, get high and kill an innocent person and get a slap. You will not even get deported. So yes he should be and the government should be ashamed they have not.
2006-10-05 09:27:38 · answer #8 · answered by deadly 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Home Office compassion policy is to release prisoners with three months left to live. Biggs is nearly 80 years old, continues to need a tube for feeding and has difficulty speaking."
Let him out to die.
2006-10-05 08:34:18 · answer #9 · answered by bored with yahoo answers 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope, the only reason he is old in prison rather than young in prison is because he spent so many years avoiding the justice he deserves. He only returned to the UK for the free NHS healthcare for his ailing health, not to face up to his crimes.
Let him rot.
2006-10-05 04:46:13 · answer #10 · answered by Caffeine Fiend 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋