Biggs fights for life with pneumonia; TRAIN ROBBER.Byline: LAURA Laura, subject of the love poems of Petrarch. She is thought to be Laura de Noves (1308?–1348), wife of Hugo de Sade, but this has not been proved. Laura Petrarch’s perpetual, unattainable love. [Ital. Lit. ARMSTRONG TRAIN Robber Ronnie Biggs Ronald Arthur Biggs better known as Ronnie Biggs (born August 8, 1929) is an English prisoner who is known for escaping from prison after his minor role in the Great Train Robbery of 1963 and for being on the run for many years. was fighting for his life last night suffering from a severe bout of pneumonia. Frail Biggs, 79, who was refused parole this month, is receiving round-the-clock care at Norfolk and Norwich Hospital. Son Michael said: "My father has been taken to hospital with a severe case of pneumonia. "According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. doctors it is the worst he's ever been. He has never been this ill before. "He is supposed to have a parole appeal hearing on Friday - that's if he makes it until then. It's not looking good." Biggs, who can no longer eat or talk and communicates with an alphabet board, saw his hopes of freedom crushed this month when a parole bid was blocked. Britain's Justice Secretary Jack Straw refused his application, saying Biggs was "wholly unrepentant" about his crimes - committed 46 years ago. CAPTION(S): HOSPITAL Ronnie Biggs |
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