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Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs dies at 84

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This sums him up.

From "No one is Innocent", the Sex Pistols classic homage to Ronnie Biggs.

"Ronnie Biggs was doing time until he done a bunk Now he says he's seen the light and he sold his soul to punk"

God save Ronnie Biggs!

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Without wishing to sound callous, I shall not mourn this career criminal. I don't agree with the way his crime was so romanticised, please remember that the train driver went on to die, partly as a result of the injuries he received and the trauma he suffered from the incident.

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He participated in an inexcusable act of violence.

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There was speculation in police circles that a mastermind, nicknamed "The Minister" had engineered the break for a fee of $28.000.

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A thug and criminal lauded by many cockneys.

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