Ronnie Biggs

[MrDoodles]

Originally Posted by SABOTAGE

Ronnie got away with it, spent his ill gotten loot in Australia and Brazil and then came back to the UK for free health care

And we were daft enough to let him back into the Country to do it!

[luapnotpu]

Should have become a lord or an mp. Legalised robbery

[Astraeus]

He was part of a violent criminal gang. They terrified and hurt the people they attacked. Some of whom were probably stressed and afraid of their own shadows for the rest of their lives. As one who was diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (having been jumped by some idiots and ended up with a fractured skull,) I have no sympathy for them at all. I was afraid of the dark when on my own for years. I mean REAL FEAR ....not as in the Owl Who was Afraid of the Dark! It will never go away completely. It is not the punishment they got that was harsh but the current ones are lenient!
See him for what he was not what our media wants us to .....

Grrrrrrr

[Zafonic]

Originally Posted by MrDoodles

And we were daft enough to let him back into the Country to do it!

I cant make my mind up about him Mark, definitely marmite!
He beat the system and people will always admire him for that, but then again 2 people were beaten and later died after the robbery and then has the audacity to come back to the UK and feed of the NHS. I,m sure he is up there probably with Jimmy Savile, laughing his head off!!

[Gate Keeper]

Briggs was a thug who was not forced into getting on that train. The rest we know and the press made their own killing, as he made the news and manipulated it to his own ends. We had several run-ins with armed robbers on the farm this year, which I posted up at the time. It is something one never forgets, so please do remember the victims and what they had to endure afterwards.

[1gp]

Its not big and clever what they did , and i feel for the people who got hurt.
But on the flip side, you have got to hand it to them , they had pretty big balls to take the job on ...
if people hadnt of got hurt , then i would of said good luck to them..
it was all about hitting the goverment where it hurts , and they very nearly did it.

[Simondi]

Its a difficult one.
Although a small part in a big crime he was never the less a player in the crime.

I personally have more sympathy with the family of the poor driver who was murdered by the late Ronnie Biggs friends

[pab]

Originally Posted by Simondi

Its a difficult one.
Although a small part in a big crime he was never the less a player in the crime.

I personally have more sympathy with the family of the poor driver who was murdered by the late Ronnie Biggs friends

He wasn't murdered Simon, he got a clout on the head and never worked again and died about six years later.

If such a robbery had taken place today, I'm more than sure automatic weapons would have been used, and many deaths the result.

They litteraly pulled something off that shook the establishment and later regretted it. Each and evey person that touched that loot met a sticky end.

[Jay]

Originally Posted by Jay

Ronnie Biggs was little more than a tea boy on the raid and squandered the small cut he got for the job over 3 years and made money from that time on from self publicity and showman ship. Much like an actor. And as for the unfortunate train driver, he showed remorse even though it was not his hand or plan that did it. Dirty Den on Eastenders did much worse in real life.

R.I.P Ronnie Biggs

[QUOTE=Jay;1517237]I agree.
Ian Watkins, lead singer of The Lostprophets just did as it happens, today.
29 years Jail and 6 years on licence. Not to forget the good behaviour deduction which could mean two thirds of that IF HE GETS OUT ALIVE http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-25412675[/QUOTE]

Ronnie Biggs broke the law, did his crime and eventually served his time.
He is no criminal mastermind. People who burgle peoples houses and leave a trail of misery are worse. I am not sticking up for him because I try not to break the law. However, how the law stands and how it compares to pedophillia like Jimmy Savile along with the quote from above and its sentencing is beyond me.

Let the man R.I.P

If not I hope you all have a good rip at Leslie Granthem for all those who watch or knew someone who watched Eastenders when he was on screen as a convicted murderer who served 10 years for murdering a west German taxi driver.

Putting things in perspective is the key

[windrush]

Lets get this straight he was no hero just a plain thug how people can say they admire him is just unbelievable