![]() Over the next few weeks, Bronson became 'surly and aggressive' with the prison staff, said Mr Wallace. 'When Mr Bronson eventually arrived, he personally thanked me for accepting him into the unit and he assured me he would not let me down. 'When news spread of his impending arrival, all the prisoners showed their displeasure by setting off fires in the unit. 'The staff at Hull special unit were exceptionally skilled in dealing with prisoner behavioural issues and I was fully confident that they could effectively manage Mr Bronson.'īut the plan to move Bronson to Hull did not go down well with other inmates, said Mr Wallace. At the time I was fully aware of his propensity for violent and aggressive behaviour towards staff, and that he had taken a member of staff hostage in HMP Woodhill special unit. 'At one meeting I agreed to have Mr Bronson accepted into the special unit. He said 'This unit was specifically designed to locate violent and disruptive Category A prisoners from across the prison estate. In 1994 Mr Wallace, then with 23 years in the prison service, was deputy governor of Hull Prison, and in charge of a 'special unit' for violent prisoners at the jail. 'I have no wish to see anyone incarcerated for any longer than they have to be, however the safety of the public including those with responsibility for monitoring licence compliance must be paramount.' 'I fear he will demonstrate much the same anti-authority venom towards those who have to monitor his behaviour if and when he is released on licence. The decision to keep him behind bars was welcomed by Mr Wallace, exclusively told MailOnline: 'The decision by the parole board took into account the applicants behavioural issues with figures of authority and total lack of contrition or remorse for his past acts of aggression. He asked Courtney to give his love to his mother and said of his freedom rejection: 'It's not the end of the world.' 'I've been doing it for 40 years and when I come back to my cell I create beautiful pieces of art.'īefore breaking into song, the jailbird wrongly proclaimed he would belt out a tune by Sir Tom Jones.Īfter his performance he said his rendition would not have been out of place in Abbey Road, the studio where the Beatles recorded much of their music. 'When they see me bombing around the exercise yards, they are f****** jealous. He said: 'Tomorrow morning, I'll be in that yard, with a big f****** smile on my face…doing my press ups and I hope there's a couple of fat screws out there watching. ![]() In his phone call to Mr Courtney, the inmate said despite his failure in achieving freedom, that he would be carrying on his life in prison as normal. Afterwards, Bronson's son, George Bamby, said: 'I would have loved Charlie to have been released, but completely respect the decision of the Parole Board.' His appeal was only the second in English legal history to be held in public. Since then he has gone by the name Salvador, and despite claiming to now be a 'man of peace' it was ruled he should not be moved to an open prison. His last conviction for a violent offence was in 2014 when he was tried for assault. He has been behind bars since then for violent offences committed while in custody.ġ994: He was given seven years for false imprisonment and blackmail, then in 1997 he took a deputy prison governor, staff and three inmates hostage for which he received five years.ġ999: He took an art teacher hostage for three days and was given a life sentence with a minimum term of three years which expired in 2003.Ģ014: He was further sentenced to three years for assaulting a prison governor.ĭuring his time inside he has taken 11 hostages in nine prison sieges and has attacked at least 20 prison officers.Įventually, in 1999, he received a life sentence for kidnapping a prison art teacher. He was convicted for numerous assaults behind bars in 1975, 19, leading to his sentence being extended.ġ987: He was released from prison at the age of 34.ġ988: After 69 days he was back in prison, sentenced for seven years for robbery at a jewellers' shop.ġ992: He was released but weeks later was jailed for eight years for intent to rob. He was jailed for seven years for robbery, aggravated burglary, assault with intent to rob and possession of a firearm. 1974: Bronson's first conviction aged 22.
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