Biggs is definitely the most well known of the train robbers. Fifteen months after his arrest, he escaped prison with another prisoner, Eric Flower, on the 8th July, 1965. They escape during their exercise period via rope ladders thrown over the wall of the prison yard. Both men were hidden around England for months before being shipped out to Antwerp, Belgium. There Biggs receives plastic surgery, new passports, money and clothes. Biggs arrives in Australia under the name Terrence Furminger and spends several years hiding around the country. March 11, 1970: Biggs arrives in Brazil, which had no extradition treaty with the UK at the time, with the alias Michael Haynes. in the time Biggs spends in Brazil he is abducted several times by vigilantes with the intention of bringing him back to England, but Biggs managed to escape every time, even when arrested by Scotland Yard legend Jack Slipper. Biggs frequently flaunted his escape from justice and became a minor celebrity as a fugitive. This notoriety even attracted the attention of the Sex Pistols, who used him as a vocalist in their single 'No One is Innocent' in 1978. Ronnie Biggs returned to England of his own free will in 2001. "I am a sick man. My last wish is to walk into a Margate pub as an Englishman and buy a pint of bitter." On the 1st July 2009, Biggs was refused parole, even though he was in a life threatening condition after breaking his hip in a fall. Many have criticized Justice Secretary Jack Straw for this decision as Ronnie Biggs only wishes to die a free man.  Ronnie Biggs, 2001 |  Ronnie Biggs  Jack Slipper |
