Boxer who punched Princess Anne’s kidnapper wishes he hit ‘mollycoddled killer’ harder

Former heavyweight boxer Ronnie Russell, who received the George Medal for thwarting an attempted kidnapping of Princess Anne in 1974, expressed regret over not hitting the assailant, Ian Ball, harder after his recent release from Broadmoor. Ball, who killed four men during the incident and remains unrepentant, continues to claim the kidnapping was a hoax, prompting Russell to criticize the justice system for allowing his freedom.

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