Ronnie Biggs Cashing In In Prison
YOU can’t keep an old cheeky chappy Cockney ducker and diver down, according to the Mirror.
The newspaper reveals that Great Train Robber and celebrity villain Ronnie Biggs is still on the make, the old East End Pearly… sparrow!
The 77-year-old was moved from the hardcore Belmarsh jail to the gentler environs of Norwich Prison last week, and the famous robber is making the most of his celebrity status.
Biggs is reported to be selling his autograph to fellow lags in return for tobacco and sweets.
A prison source is quoted as saying: “Biggs has been quick to cash in on his notoriety by signing autographs in return for extra treats like baccy, Mars bars and toilet paper. Ronnie might not be as strong as he was but he is a wily old fox and he knows he is a big name to the rest of the lags and he is making the most of it.”
Biggs is now partially paralysed and can barely speak after suffering several strokes and according to the prison source: “He is not well and spends most of his time asleep in his cell.”
Maybe he’s just too full after eating all those Mars bars.
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August 27th, 2007 at 2:20 pm
Dave is correct Jim, scale your language down a little. Big brother may be watching…
July 12th, 2007 at 1:15 pm
Isn’t enough enough yet?
Let the poor old bastard out to die in peace.
What do they think he’s going to do, start a second career as a street mugger?
“Gimme yer money, or I’ll run yer over wiv me wheelchair”
July 11th, 2007 at 4:38 pm
Wot a load of tosh! This poor old man (yes I said poor old man) is too frail and ill to merit being locked away in prison. So what, if he does get the odd treat for his “autograph” - he hardly has the strength to pick up a pen, so if he’s going to get a bit of extra soft toilet paper to wipe his poor old bum with, good luck to him. I cant believe that the british public can be so lacking in sympathy - I am old enough to remember the Great Train Robbery and I remember how the majority of joe public considered it a job well done and a poke in the eye for the establishment. Good on you Ronnie, I am pleased for you, at last you can have a little bit of comfort.
July 11th, 2007 at 2:02 pm
Cor Blimey, Jim! Steady on, my son! Ronnie is an East End diamond geezer” He’s got more rabbit than Sainbury’s rabbit counter. Now jog on, you muppet!
July 11th, 2007 at 12:51 pm
Grim Reaper can’t come soon enough for this worthless piece of shit.
Hope whatever finishes him off hurts like fuck and takes a long while to do it.
July 11th, 2007 at 11:20 am
Thought the Grim Reaper was a acalling for him ages ago, according to his son?