08-07-2009, 01:54 PM
TrainNut Wrote:Wasn't that kinda the reason he came back and got caught to begin with? I thought he was living someplace like Cuba and got sick and needed health care so he turned himself in. Free health care in exchange for a prision sentence? I dunno... go figure.
MountainMan Wrote:Could have gotten excellent health care anywhere with the proceeds of the robbery. Sounds kind of doubtful.
He had been openly living in Brazil. Britain tried to extradite him years and years ago, but Brazil has no extradition treaty with them. And no, he had pretty much blown all his money. Because he was semi-famous, he reduced himself to selling "I'm Ronnie Biggs" t-shirts and stuff at tourist attractions.
Tony