A self-declared fitness fanatic who has spent many years in segregation (In 2014, he changed his name again, this time to Charles Salvador, in a mark of respect to Peterson lived in Luton from the age of four, but when he was a teenager, his family moved to Peterson worked as a furniture remover, while regularly fighting on his nights out.He met Irene Kelsey in 1971, when he was still called Michael Peterson. "Bronson was convicted of armed robbery in 1974, aged twenty-two, and sentenced to seven years imprisonment. During 1975 to 1977, he was switched between Armley, "I witnessed them running into walls, using their heads as rams. He always wore tailored suits, had perfectly-groomed sideburns and a Cockney accent. He is a man who has fascinated the country for decades, and even inspired a film, but who is Charles Bronson, now known as Charles Salvador?Sign up to the Hull Live newsletter for daily updates and breaking newsCommonly referred to as “the most violent prisoner in Britain,” Charles Bronson hit the headlines again this weekend by announcing he was divorcing his wife.Eight months later, and pictures published by The Sun showed Paula on holiday with another man.Charles Bronson has now reportedly told his wife their brief marriage is over.But who is the man who has captured the interest of the country and even prompted a film about his life, portrayed by Tom Hardy?This is the story of the notorious inmate, including an exclusive interview with Charles from 2007.Charles Bronson was born in Luton, Bedfordshire, in December 1952.His aunt and uncle were mayor and mayoress of the town in the 1960s and 70s, and Bronson was described as being “a lovely lad, who was gentle and mild-mannered".By the time he reached his teenage years however, Bronson had slipped into a life of petty crime.When he was 13, he was part of a gang of four robbers, and was reprimanded in a juvenile court.By the time he was 19, he was convicted for his part in a smash and grab raid, but was spared jail by the judge.In 1974, when Bronson was 22, he was convicted of armed robbery and sentenced to seven years in prison.After attacking two prisoners in Walton Gaol in Liverpool, Bronson was transferred to Hull in 1975.His first stint in prison in Hull was eventful, to say the least.
It shouldn’t have happened. Some I know lie down on their beds for three hours on their left side, three hours on their right, and three on their back. Upon his release in 1987, he began a Due to his record of violent anger and mental illness in prison, Bronson is one of the highest-profile criminals in Britain. Charles Bronson's fiance reveals wedding details - as Katie Price asks whether they've had sex. It would not, however, be the last time Bronson was detained in Hull.By the late 70s, Bronson had gained a reputation as being one of the most dangerous inmates in the country.While inside Wandsworth prison, he attempted to poison the prisoner in the cell next to him.He was moved to Pankhurst prison, where he befriended notorious criminal duo the Krays – a pair he described as “the best two guys he had ever met.”In 1978, Bronson was moved to Broadmoor, where he attempted to strangle child sex murdered John White.He spent seven years in the high security psychiatric hospital, during which he staged several rooftop protests.After spending 1986 in eight different prisons, Bronson finally served out his sentence and was released from jail.A year after his release, Bronson robbed a jewellery store to get a ring to surprise his girlfriend with for New Year’s Day.He was eventually sentenced to seven years in prison, after his girlfriend became the prosecution’s main witness, before ending up in HMP Full Sutton in East Yorkshire.Throwing water on the governor earned him a move to Durham, where it is said he bonded with a family of rodents that crept into his cage.In 1993, Bronson ended up back in Hull prison, where he took deputy governor Adrian Wallis hostage on Easter Monday the following year.Fast forward six years – and numerous more hostage taking incidents – and Bronson arrived at arguably his most famous crime while inside prison.When Phil Danielson, a civilian education worker in Hull, criticised one of Bronson’s drawings, the inmate took him hostage in a siege which lasted 44 hours.Bronson received a life sentence for the crime, during which he was temporarily shocked and knocked unconscious as he tried to wrench a washing machine out of a wall.In October 2007, reporter Adam Lovell interviewed Bronson about the incident with Mr Danielson, and his time in prison.Speaking about the notorious hostage taking, Bronson said: “Let me explain, all the time me and Phil were together, I never harmed that man, not a hair on his head. I am sincerely sorry.“I can only say sorry so many times. But if you thought being inje…
For me it is my push-ups and sit-ups. "Though Bronson was more settled in the more modern facilities and regime at Ashworth, he soon returned to his previous behaviour. Bronson reportedly smashed a workshop up after an altercation with a prison officer, and later attacked a fellow inmate with a glass jug.The action saw him transferred to Armley Gaol (now HMP Leeds).