
He managed further rooftop protests, and underwent an 18-day-long hunger strike, before being transferred to Ashworth Hospital in June 1984.

Escaping to the roof of Broadmoor, he tore down the tiles causing £250,000 worth of damage during a three-day protest - he was eventually talked down by his family. In 1982, he carried out his first rooftop protest.

After more attacks on the staff and a suicide attempt, Bronson was moved to Broadmoor in 1978. The only prison willing to accept him was the Parkhurst psychiatric wing, and that's where he found himself. He was eventually sent to Wandsworth, with governor wanting to have him removed from the prison after a multitude of other altercations. He was moved to Parkhurst Prison in 1976, coming across the Kray twins, with whom he became good friends. Audiences were left asking where is Samantha Azzopardi now, after watching.īetween 19, he was transferred between Armley, Wakefield, Parkhurst, and Walton prisons. On Paramount+, intriguing documentary Con Girl looks at the baffling fraud commit by one young girl spanning several continents. The story of her capture and subsequent imprisonment is extremely chilling. On Channel 5, The Girl in The Cellar dissects what happened to Natascha Kampusch. As the show airs, we take a deeper look at what landed him in prison, and when his release date could be.Įlsewhere on Channel 4, In The Footsteps of Killers looked at what happened to Deborah Wood - the person responsible for her disturbing death has never been found. New Channel 4 documentary Bronson: Fit to Be Free? looks at after having set up a foundation for those less fortunate than himself, and displaying his award winning artwork, whether Bronson deserves to be freed. He has also spent time at Britain's most prolific psychiatric hospitals, Rampton, Broadmoor and Ashworth. He has the unfortunate phrases attached to what will be his legacy, such as the "most violent prisoner in Britain" and "Britain's most notorious prisoner". He will however, largely be remembered by the public as Charles Bronson. He currently goes by the name Charles Arthur Salvador as a nod to his favourite artist, Salvador Dali. Born Michael Gordon Peterson in 1952, he changed his name to Charles Bronson in 1987 when he began a bare-knuckle fighting career on his first release from prison.

