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Bronson compensated for smashed specs
The Daily Telegraph
12 May 2007
By agency reporter
One of Britain's
most infamous prisoners has been given almost £200
compensation by the Prison Service after his glasses were
broken.
Charles Bronson's spectacles were damaged during an incident
involving two members of staff at Full Sutton high-security
prison, Yorkshire.
A Prison Service spokeswoman said: "A prisoner has been
offered compensation of under £200 after a control and
restraint incident."
Since first being jailed for armed robbery in 1974, Bronson
has held fellow prisoners and prison staff hostage on three
occasions and carried out at least 20 assaults on guards and
inmates.
At Broadmoor in 1983 he staged a 47-hour rooftop protest,
causing £750,000 damage.
And in 1994, while holding a guard hostage at Woodhill
Prison, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, he demanded an
inflatable doll, a helicopter and a cup of tea as ransom,
leading one staff member to describe him as "a 24-carat
nutter".
Two months later, he held deputy governor Adrian Wallace
hostage for five hours at Hull Prison, injuring him so badly
he was off work for five weeks.
Bronson, originally from Luton, Bedfordshire, is certified
insane and has been held at all three of Britain's special
hospitals, and at least 28 conventional prisons. In 1995, he
showed a softer side, winning the Koestler award from a
panel of literary judges for his series of vignettes of
prison life entitled Living Legends.
His work beat 400 other inmates and won praise from the then
chief inspector of prisons Judge Stephen Tumim. He has also
published an autobiography entitled Silent Scream.
Bronson changed his name from Michael Peterson in honour of
his film hero.
FACTUAL INACCURACIES
- Charlie is certified SANE
- ... at least 28 conventional
prisons??? An understatement and a half!
- He did NOT change his
name to honour his film hero
HOWEVER ... compare the
Telegraph's report to the salacious stuff in the Mail and
Express. No mention of the ridiculous Calvin Klein crap; no
claims to have inside information from "fellow inmates";
nothing about not being able to see the ball on Match of the
Day. I would also like to commend them for (a) not
describing Charlie as "Britain's most dangerous prisoner"
and (b) for mentioning the Koestler Prize for his poetry.
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