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London - The family of Britain's "Great Train Robber," Ronnie Biggs, said Thursday they would appeal against the government decision to keep the frail 79-year-old in jail. Biggs was "extremely disappointed" with the decision by British Justice Secretary Jack Straw not to grant him parole, his son Michael said after visiting his father Thursday. "My father is now more than ever a political prisoner," he added. But the family would "not give up the fight" and seek a judicial review of the decision. Straw Wednesday ruled that Biggs, who was convicted in 1964, escaped and spent 36 years on the run from police, should serve the remainder of his sentence as he had been "wholly unrepentant." "This is not justice. This is beyond belief," his son Michael said. His father was in a "life-threatening condition" and "no threat to society... [read full story]
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