Ronnie Biggs on exile

Title

Ronnie Biggs on exile

Genre

Interview

TX Date

6 Jul 1995

Year of production

1995

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Duration

00:05:49

Description

Lizzie Knight speaks to Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs, who escaped from Wandsworth Prison 30 years ago today after serving just over a year of a 30-year sentence for his part in the mail train raid in 1963. On his exile, reports that he may be subject to new extradition proceedings from Brazil later this year, his regrets, and his position as a folk hero.

Contributors

Lizzie Knight; Ronald Biggs

Keywords

Deportation; Crime; Criminals; Brazil; Great Train Robbery (1963); Ronald Biggs

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