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| Train robber Biggs has pneumonia | Train robber Biggs has pneumonia |
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| The Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs has been readmitted to hospital with severe pneumonia, his son said. | The Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs has been readmitted to hospital with severe pneumonia, his son said. |
| The 79-year-old inmate at Norwich Prison has been taken to the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital. | The 79-year-old inmate at Norwich Prison has been taken to the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital. |
| Biggs was taken to the hospital last month with a serious chest infection and a fractured hip. Michael Biggs said: "It's the worst he's ever been." | |
| Biggs was refused parole by Justice Secretary Jack Straw this month because he was "wholly unrepentant". | Biggs was refused parole by Justice Secretary Jack Straw this month because he was "wholly unrepentant". |
| He has been moved between his prison cell and a bed at the hospital several times. | |
| A picture of him in his hospital bed was sent to MPs by his legal adviser Giovanni Di Stefano several weeks ago. | A picture of him in his hospital bed was sent to MPs by his legal adviser Giovanni Di Stefano several weeks ago. |
| His family said his life remained in the balance as he was suffering pneumonia and has fractures of the hip, pelvis and spine. | |
| They said Biggs had suffered three strokes and cannot eat, speak or walk. | |
| A parole board recommended that Biggs be released but Mr Straw rejected this, saying he had expressed no remorse for his crimes. |