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Biggs's health is 'deteriorating' Biggs' health is 'deteriorating'
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The son of 79-year-old Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs has said his father's condition is "deteriorating".The son of 79-year-old Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs has said his father's condition is "deteriorating".
Speaking outside the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Michael Biggs said his father had pneumonia, plus hip, pelvis and spine fractures. Michael Biggs visited his father at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, the day before he had expected to be released from prison.
Biggs, who was refused parole on Wednesday, was moved from Norwich Prison to the hospital on Sunday. Justice Secretary Jack Straw refused to grant parole on Wednesday, describing Biggs as "wholly unrepentant".
"If he does not respond to the current treatment... there is a risk he could pass away," Michael Biggs said. Mr Biggs said: "If he does not respond to the current treatment... there is a risk he could pass away."
Commons debate
A Parole Board report said the risk Biggs posed was "manageable under the proposed risk management plan and consequently parole is recommended".
Mr Straw rejected the recommendation to release Biggs, saying he was "wholly unrepentant" and had "outrageously courted the media".
Michael Biggs said his father had been trasferred to an isolation ward
Commons Leader Harriet Harman said on Thursday it would not be "appropriate" for MPs to debate the decision to refuse parole to Biggs.
Former Labour minister Kate Hoey had said some MPs disagreed with Mr Straw's decision and she had called for a Commons debate.
Ms Harman said: "This is not a question of policy, this is a question of a quasi-judicial judgment in the public interest on a particular case."
Biggs was moved from Norwich Prison to hospital on Sunday. He has pneumonia and fractures of the hip, pelvis and spine.
'Poor health''Poor health'
"He has a fractured hip and fractures to his spine and pelvis as well as pneumonia. His son told the BBC's Today programme earlier that his father would appeal against the decision because he had expressed remorse in his autobiography.
"The pneumonia is extremely strong in his body at the moment. He is in a lot of discomfort." Speaking outside hospital, Michael Biggs said: "The pneumonia is extremely strong in his body at the moment. He is in a lot of discomfort."
Mr Biggs said he could not understand Justice Secretary Jack Straw's decision not to grant the parole application. He added that he could not understand Mr Straw's decision not to grant the parole application.
He said his father, who suffered the fractures in a fall, was in such poor health that he posed no risk.He said his father, who suffered the fractures in a fall, was in such poor health that he posed no risk.
"I would urge Mr Straw to come down to the hospital and see him," he added."I would urge Mr Straw to come down to the hospital and see him," he added.
"He cannot read or write. He cannot eat or drink.""He cannot read or write. He cannot eat or drink."