After more than half a century behind bars, Charles Bronson, born Michael Gordon Peterson and now legally known as Charles Salvador, and famously portrayed by Tom Hardy in the 2008 film Bronson, is once again at the centre of a parole review.
Now 73, he is widely regarded as Britain’s most notorious prisoner and was due to have his case considered on 18 February. In the weeks leading up to the review, he dramatically sacked his legal team and refused to take part after being told his request for a public hearing had been rejected. In a letter to Sky News, he wrote: “Sacked the legal team!” and said he wanted nothing to do with what he called the “farcical jam roll,” his term for parole, asking: “What are they afraid of? The truth getting out?”
