Published Date:
03 July 2009
Jack Straw's refusal to release Ronnie Biggs because Straw felt he wasn't sorry (your report, 2 July) shows that, indeed, the law in this country is the proverbial donkey.
Mr Straw – out of what seems less to do with justice or common sense and more to do with petty spite – has chosen to throw out the Parole Board's report that it is a massive waste of taxpayers' money to keep incarcerated this geriatric bit-part great train robber when there's a nation full of violent young thugs needing his cell.
The only risk Biggs poses to the nation is if he and the Sex Pistols recorded together again after a 30-year hiatus.
MARK BOYLE
Linn Park Gardens
Johnstone, Renfrewshire
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Last Updated:
02 July 2009 7:57 PM
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Source:
The Scotsman
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Location:
Edinburgh
