I would like to be remembered as a good father. A good husband. A good brother. A good friend. A good man. But that is simply not going to happen. Like it or not, I have reached the point of infamy when I am going to be remembered simply as 'Ronnie Biggs', whatever or whoever he is in your mind.

One report said that since my time on the run I've had 2,500 girlfriends. I mean, you have got to realize I've been on the run for more than 30 years. I have got to have had more than that.

I am no longer a criminal. I gave up that practice years ago.

I am not a perfect man who has led a faultless life.

I don't have any intentions to return to England. I would go back if I could return as a free person. I don't want to return to prison.

The last thing I stole was a box of Coca Cola from a parked truck in Adelaide. I was nice and drunk. It was New Year's Eve. And that was about 28 years ago.

Do you know what would keep me in Brazil, no matter what happened? Sex!