Published by Jane Gething-Lewis for Wednesday 1st July 2009 - 4:53pm Ronnie Biggs was told today he will remain in prison after Justice Secretary Jack Straw refused to grant him parole. Mr Straw said the Great Train Robber was "wholly unrepentant" about his actions and had "outrageously courted the media" while on the run from prison. He said it was "unacceptable" that Biggs had chosen not to obey the law and tried to avoid the consequences of his decision. Mr Straw said Biggs would have been a free man "many years ago" if he had complied with the sentence given to him. He said: "I have informed Mr Ronald Biggs today of my decision regarding his parole. "Mr Biggs chose to serve only one year of a 30 year sentence before he took the personal... [read full story]
