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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Nadeem Badshah and PA Media

UK parole hearing for notorious prisoner Charles Bronson to be held in private

Charles Bronson, a bald man with a moustache and a tattoo of a spider on his neck, faces the camera from inside a heavily graffitied prison cell
Bronson, who changed his name to Charles Salvador, pictured in 1987. He has been in prison for most of the last 48 years. Photograph: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group/Getty

The parole hearing for Charles Bronson, one of the UK’s longest serving and most notorious prisoners, will be held in private, a judicial Parole Board member has decided.

The decision comes after the 72-year-old – who later changed his name to Charles Salvador – took part in one of the country’s first public parole hearings in 2023.

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