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I can see two sides to this. On one side, he knew that whenever he was caught, he would have to serve his sentence - so it's his own fault that it has been delayed and he should accept the consequences and serve it out to the fullest.

On the other side - as a person who is no danger to the public, why spend taxpayer's money keeping him?

My gut feeling is .....if you let him go.......you set a very dodgy precident.

He has cocked a snoot at the authorities for the last 40 yrs........no one made him come back he did that all by himself.........

Whoever you are ...the same rules should apply.....he was sentenced in the 60s and that should stand now.

Imagine if letting him go free gives animals like Huntley airtime to have the same parity?

Rules is rules xx

I don't think that we are going to agree on what is right or wrong, for the most I agree with Ed.

Whatever laws were passed in the sixties have to be upheld in this instance.

Well I have to thank Igor for a very interesting thread.

Until I read this I hadn't taken a huge amount of notice of the debate.

As a result of this thread I've been doing some reading up and have found it very enlightening.

Thanks Igor xx

now Ugs, don't start on me!! I didn't mean that at all, just wondered at the severity of the sentence, even at the time it must have been quite unusual for a non-murderer to get 30 years. as far as I know he was not convicted of murder.

I was just comparing with the stupidly light sentences of today - murderers who get 'life' and are out in less than 10 years, quite often to re-offend. I think the only way for prison to be a deterrent (if that even is possible at all) is for the sentence to always be served in full, no concurrent sentences, no frills inside, no telly/gym/parties/mobiles/computers etc, and for life to mean life.

tbh if he is in as bad shape as Teresa says, then the whole thing is probably academic anyway as he wouldn't get a chance to enjoy his 'freedom' anyway - I doubt he could be moved, so what difference would it make either to him or his family?

Maz. XX

sorry, fingers belong to someone else tonight I think. just had to edit my post cos I left out the 'not' in the first paragraph.

I see Igor posted at the same time as me explaining the sentence. I wonder if sentences for those crimes are still proportionally higher compared to murder/rape etc these days?

Maz. XX

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My family had some personal dealings with the train robbery, so I think I'll bow out of this discussion, maybe it's too personal for me to comment too much.

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YEP, same here............