Charles Bronson has gone by many names but most people will know him as the UK's ‘most notorious prisoner’. First jailed back in 1974, he has spent most of the years since in high-security prisons, often in solitary confinement, and is currently based in HMP Woodhill in Milton Keynes.
Earlier this year, Charles boasted that he “is coming home” as he claimed his parole hearing was due this summer. And this week, his first wife Irene Dunroe said he is 'not into crime anymore' and she "can't rest until he's out of prison” - as she revealed he still writes to her from his cell.
So who is Charles Bronson? And what crimes has he committed? Here we take a look at the life and times of one of the most high-profile criminals in Britain.
