Ralph Riegel
speaker
552 appearances
3 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 3 Sep
Ralph Riegel’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Already at this stage been banned for life from all operations on British race courses by the British Ray Horse Racing Authority.
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But it in in some ways it was the least of his concerns because his legal team, in making submissions to magistrates before his sentencing, they made the point that he accepted that there was a very good chance that he would die in prison.
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Of course, he was born in 1947.
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So he was it.
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Quite advanced years at this stage, but that didn't really cut any ice with the magistrate.
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And the magistrate imposed a 30 year prison sentence, which at the time everyone pretty much thought that meant that Wright would die in prison.
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But that's not what happened, Ralph.
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No, it's not.
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And there was quite a lot of surprise.
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He served 15 years of sentence.
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He was very much described as a model prisoner, available of whatever opportunities.
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For education and stuff like that, that was available within the prison system.
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And in April 2020, 15 years into his 30-year sentence, he was granted parole.
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No, he had been serving his sentence in HMP Whitemore, which is in Cambridgeshire.
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Now, that's a maximum security prison, but he was granted parole on very specific conditions, and he was released.
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No, he was quite an elegant.
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Man at this stage.
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He was in his late 70s.
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There were suggestions that he also had health issues.
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So he had served 15 years and was released.
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