Charles Bronson, dubbed one of Britain’s most violent offenders, is among the UK's longest serving prisoners.
Now 70 years old, he's spent most of the past 48 years behind bars, apart from two brief periods of freedom where he reoffended. He spoke about his life in prison, his violent past and even his hopes for the future at a parole hearing on Monday (March 6).
During the time he has been incarcerated, he has held 11 hostages in nine different sieges – with victims including governors, doctors, staff and, on one occasion, his own solicitor. Bronson’s first conviction was in 1974 when he was 21 and was jailed for seven years for robbery, aggravated burglary, assault with intent to rob and possession of a firearm.
