In the UK, prison staff struggled to overcome the aggression of their ward, who is considered the most dangerous prisoner in the United Kingdom. Charles Bronson attacked his guards using an old military trick - before the "attack" he was oiled to make it more difficult to twist.
Charles Bronson was placed in solitary confinement at Wakefield Prison on Friday as he again demonstrated a violent temper and a dangerous tendency to violence, writes The Daily Mail. Before that, the prisoner was overcome with difficulty at once by twelve jailers, from whose embrace he escaped like a lizard.
The insidious criminal smeared his body thickly with oil, and then attacked the prison guards naked when he was near the gym. As a result, he inflicted several serious injuries on the guards before a special forces detachment, raised by alarm, neutralized the troublemaker.
It is no coincidence that Bronson is considered the most dangerous of the caught criminals. He has already spent 36 years in prison and during this time has made more than a dozen attacks on guards, including taking hostages. In particular, in 1999 Bronson captured the prison teacher Phil Danilson in Hull. For 40 hours, he held his victim hostage, making various demands.
Charles was imprisoned in 1974 for a life sentence on charges of robbery.
We add that Bronson's real name is Michael Gordon Peterson, and he decided to change his name and surname in 1987, after watching the serial film "Death Wish" with actor Charles Bronson in the title role.
During his stay in prison, the newly minted Charles Bronson was charged great amount heavy charges, including death threats, imprisonment, grievous bodily harm, and so on. All this led to the fact that most of time Bronson spent in solitary confinement.
Bronson is especially dangerous because he is in excellent physical form and maintains its tone. The prisoner is able to do 172 push-ups per minute.
In 2009, even the film "Bronson" was shot, dedicated to the legendary prisoner. In this picture the main role played by Tom Hardy.
Charles Bronson himself also does not waste time, doing nothing but physical training. He writes books and, in particular, has published a textbook called Solitary Fitness. In this book, Bronson gives advice on how to stay fit even in prison and "be prepared for any situation."
It is noteworthy that the officials limited themselves to a dry comment in connection with the curiosity that happened. "The prisoner was involved in a small incident on the territory of the (prison) sports complex," explained a spokesman for the penitentiary department.
"House with Monsters"
The Wakefield Dungeon, which Bronson is currently being held in, has an ominous reputation for its inhabitants. It is even sometimes called the "Monster House". In particular, the terrible pedophile maniac Roy Whiting, who in 2000 killed 8-year-old Sarah Payne, while away his days here. This crime stirred up the whole society, which demanded to create a single database of sex offenders and publish their lists.
American David Bieber is also serving a life sentence in Wakefield. He moved to the British Isles in 1996 when he was wanted for murder and attempted murder at home. On December 26, 2003, a fugitive bodybuilder and drug dealer shot Leeds police officers when they discovered during a document check that Bieber's passport was a fake.
One of the injured police officers - Neil Roper - managed to escape with a bullet in the stomach and shoulder, and his partner Ian Broadhurst Bieber killed in cold blood with a control shot in the head, despite pleading for mercy.
This massacre in Leeds caused a strong public outcry, since no policeman was killed in the UK for eight years. Bieber was put on a nationwide wanted list and caught in a Gateshead hotel room just before New Years, at 3:00 am on December 31, 2003.
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Biography
Born into a wealthy family of Ayra and Joe Peterson in a small town in Wales. Uncle of the future legend underworld was the mayor of the city for two terms in a row: from 1960 to 1970. Unlike other criminals, Michael did not experience violence or terrible tragedy that could affect his personality. He loved to go to school, studied well, was polite with those around him and loved ones, he had many friends. His aunt believed that it all started with the move of a young family, after which, she believes, he fell under the influence of bad company. After changing the name to a more sonorous name Hollywood actor Charles Bronson, he began to participate in fist fights. He also worked for about a year in the Mini-house escort service network. At the age of 19, he married a woman named Irene, who gave birth to a son, Michael. Some time later, he went in for sports and, pumping up his muscles, began to perform in the circus. Despite this, at the age of 26, he goes to prison for the first time for armed robbery, after which his wife divorces him. In the future, he will visit about 120 English correctional institutions.
Crimes
His most famous crime was the 1974 robbery of the post office, in which he stole £ 26.18. He was sentenced to 7 years, but in connection with a regular violation of the regime, he has been sitting for 36 years now, of which 32 years in solitary confinement. In 1988 he was arrested for robbery, in 1992 he was released, three weeks later he was arrested again for plotting a new robbery. In prison he became famous for fights with guards. One day, he smeared his body thickly with oil, and then attacked the prison guards naked. A cellmate named Vladimir Taran prepared him for this attack, he personally oiled and undressed him. He inflicted several serious injuries on the guards before an alarmed special forces unit could neutralize him.
During the time he was in prison, Bronson managed to become famous as an artist and poet. And he even received awards for his work, while part of the money from the sale of works he sent to charity. In October 1996, he took his lawyer Robert Taylor hostage, but after 30 minutes he released him. The lawyer did not press charges. In 1998, he took several Iraqis hostage at Balmarsh prison. He ordered the hostages to call him General and threatened to eat one of them if his demands were not met. And later he ordered one of the hostages to beat himself, when he could not, he injured himself, after which he demanded a helicopter that would take him to Cuba, an Uzi machine gun, 5 thousand cartridges and an ax. and Adolf Hitler. In February 1999, Woodhill maximum security prison, due to the presence in it of three dangerous prisoners: Charles Bronson, Reginald Wilson and Robert Maudsley, and in order to ensure the safety of other prisoners, was created special unit.
During his final term, Bronson captured prison teacher Phil Danielson, tied him with a rope, and held him for 44 hours. Danielson became a victim of Bronson, as he criticized his drawings. Tried to electrocute himself with a washing machine filled with water. In 2007, two guards at Sutton Prison broke Bronson's glasses in an attempt to prevent another hostage incident. After that, he was paid compensation in the amount of £ 200.
Personal life
Michael Peterson has been married twice. For the first time on a native of Great Britain, with whom a son was born. For the second time already being famous prisoners... His future wife, 33-year-old Saira Ali Ahmed, a native of Bangladesh, saw his photo in the newspaper, and then began a correspondence with him. They met 10 times and got married in June 2001 at Woodheel, a maximum security prison. Then Peterson changed his name again, this time to Charles Ali Ahmet and converted to Islam. They divorced after 4 years. His wife gave numerous interviews, talking about their short marriage, in which she spoke of him as a racist and cunning, evil criminal.
Film
On May 13, 2009 the British premiere of the film "Bronson", which was based on the life of Michael Peterson. The main role is played by Tom Hardy, directed by Nicholas Winding Refn.
Public
There is a Bronson freedom movement in Great Britain.
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Only when Bennigsen entered the hut did Kutuzov move out of his corner and moved to the table, but so much so that his face was not lit by the candles brought to the table.Bennigsen opened the council with a question: “Should we leave the sacred and ancient capital Russia or defend it? " There was a long and general silence. All faces frowned, and in the silence one could hear Kutuzov's angry grunting and coughing. All eyes were looking at him. Malasha also looked at her grandfather. She was closest to him and saw how his face wrinkled: he seemed to be about to cry. But this did not last long.
- The sacred ancient capital of Russia! - He suddenly began to speak, in an angry voice repeating the words of Bennigsen and thus pointing to the false note of these words. - Let me tell you, Your Excellency, that this question has no meaning for a Russian person. (He leaned forward with his heavy body.) Such a question cannot be asked, and such a question has no meaning. The question for which I asked these gentlemen to meet is a military question. The question is the following: “Salvation of Russia in the army. Is it more profitable to risk the loss of the army and Moscow by accepting the battle, or to surrender Moscow without a fight? This is the question on which I would like to know your opinion. " (He leaned back into the chair.)
The debate began. Bennigsen did not yet consider the game to be lost. Allowing the opinion of Barclay and others about the impossibility of accepting a defensive battle at Fili, he, imbued with Russian patriotism and love for Moscow, proposed to transfer troops at night from the right to the left flank and strike the next day on the right wing of the French. Opinions were divided, there were controversies in favor and against this opinion. Ermolov, Dokhturov and Raevsky agreed with Bennigsen's opinion. Whether guided by a feeling of need for sacrifices before leaving the capital or other personal considerations, these generals did not seem to understand that this council could not change the inevitable course of affairs and that Moscow has now been abandoned. The rest of the generals understood this and, leaving aside the question of Moscow, talked about the direction that the army was supposed to take in its retreat. Malasha, who, without taking her eyes off, looked at what was being done in front of her, otherwise understood the meaning of this advice. It seemed to her that it was only a personal struggle between the "grandfather" and the "long-sex", as she called Bennigsen. She saw that they were angry when they talked to each other, and in her heart she took the side of her grandfather. In the middle of the conversation, she noticed a quick, sly glance thrown by her grandfather at Bennigsen, and then, to her joy, noticed that grandfather, having said something to the long-haired man, reined in him: Bennigsen suddenly blushed and angrily walked around the hut. The words that had such an effect on Bennigsen were in a calm and quiet voice the opinion expressed by Kutuzov about the benefits and disadvantages of Bennigsen's proposal: about the transfer of troops from the right to the left flank in the night to attack the right wing of the French.
“Gentlemen,” said Kutuzov, “I cannot approve the count's plan. Troop movements in close range from the enemy are always dangerous, and military history confirms this consideration. So, for example ... (Kutuzov seemed to ponder, looking for an example and looking at Bennigsen with a bright, naive look.) But at least the Battle of Friedland, which, I think, the count remembers well, was ... not entirely successful just because our troops were rebuilding too close to the enemy ... - A minute silence followed, which seemed to everyone to be very long.
The debate resumed again, but there were frequent breaks, and it was felt that there was nothing more to talk about.
During one of these breaks, Kutuzov sighed heavily, as if preparing to speak. Everyone looked back at him.
- Eh bien, messieurs! Je vois que c "est moi qui payerai les pots casses, [So gentlemen, therefore, I have to pay for the broken pots,] - he said. And, slowly getting up, he went to the table. - Gentlemen, I heard your opinions. Some will disagree with me, but I (he stopped) by the power entrusted to me by my sovereign and fatherland, I am ordering retreat.
Following this, the generals began to disperse with the same solemn and silent caution with which they disperse after a funeral.
Some of the generals, in a low voice, in a completely different range than when they spoke at the council, conveyed something to the commander-in-chief.
Malasha, who had been waiting for supper for a long time, cautiously descended backwards from the bed, clinging to the stove ledges with her bare feet, and, getting mixed up between the generals' legs, darted through the door.
Having dismissed the generals, Kutuzov sat for a long time, leaning his elbows on the table, and thought all about the same terrible question: “When, when, finally, was it decided that Moscow had been abandoned? When was that done that resolved the issue, and who is to blame for this? "
“This, this I did not expect,” he said to the adjutant Schneider, who had entered him, already late at night, “I did not expect this! I didn't think that!
“You need to rest, Your Grace,” Schneider said.
- No! Will they eat horse meat like the Turks, ”Kutuzov shouted without answering, banging his chubby fist on the table,“ they will also, if only ...
In contrast to Kutuzov, at the same time, in an event even more important than the retreat of the army without a fight, in the abandonment of Moscow and the burning of it, Rostopchin, who seems to us to be the leader of this event, acted completely differently.
This event - the abandonment of Moscow and the burning of it - was as inevitable as the retreat of troops without a fight for Moscow after the Battle of Borodino.
Every Russian person, not on the basis of inferences, but on the basis of the feeling that lies in us and lay in our fathers, could predict what happened.
Starting from Smolensk, in all the cities and villages of the Russian land, without the participation of Count Rostopchin and his posters, the same thing happened that happened in Moscow. The people carelessly waited for the enemy, did not rebel, did not worry, did not tear anyone to pieces, but calmly waited for their fate, feeling the strength in themselves in the very difficult moment find what had to be done. And as soon as the enemy approached, the richest elements of the population left, leaving their property; the poorest stayed and burned and consumed what was left.
The consciousness that this will be so, and always will be so, lay and lies in the soul of the Russian person. And this consciousness and, moreover, the presentiment that Moscow would be taken, lay in the Russian Moscow society of the 12th year. Those who began to leave Moscow in July and early August showed that they were expecting this. Those who went out with what they could seize, leaving houses and half of their property, acted in this way due to that latent patriotism, which is expressed not in phrases, not in killing children to save the fatherland, etc., by unnatural actions, but in imperceptibly, simply, organically and therefore always produces the strongest results.
Charles Bronson- a cult American actor of the mid-20th century; known for his roles in the films "Goodbye, friend", " The Great Escape"," The Magnificent Seven "and" Once Upon a Time in the Wild West. "
Biography of Charles Bronson / Charles Bronson
The real name of the actor is Charles Dennis Buchinski... He was born in 1921 in Pennsylvania, he was one of fifteen children in a family of Polish-Lithuanian immigrants. Charles changed his last name during Senator McCarthy's activity in the 50s - "Buchinski" sounded "too Russian", which did not contribute to his future career.
Charles Bronson became the first member of his family to complete his studies in high school... Although as a child he did not even know how to speak English and learned the language in the yard while communicating with local boys. When the boy was ten years old, his father died, so he had to start working - Charles went to work in a coal mine; first to the office, and therefore to the mine itself. His family was so poor that one day he even had to wear his sister's dress to school - there was simply nothing else to wear.
During World War II Charles Bronson went to the war zone - he served as an aerial gunner on the Pacific Front and even received a Purple Star for his services.
After the war, Bronson worked in many fields until he joined a theater company in Philadelphia. In the 50s, he moved to Los Angeles and began attending acting classes; from time on, they began to trust him with small roles in different paintings. His first film was “ Now you're in the navy"(1951), where Charles played one of the sailors. Then there was the tape " Museum wax figures "(1953)," Miss Sadie Thomposon"(1953) and" Stagecoach guard"- all supporting roles that did not bring particular fame to the artist. Also, at the time Charles Bronson periodically starred in serials.
By the end of the 50s Charles Bronson have already managed to star in several films. For example, in the crime drama “ Heavy Kelly"(1958) and in the series" Man with camera»On the ABC channel.
The turning point in the actor's career was the western " The Magnificent Seven"(1960), where Bronson played the role of one of the shooters. For this image, he received a large fee of $ 50,000 for those times. The picture gained particular popularity in the Soviet Union - he especially fell in love with both the film and Charles Bronson Vladimir Vysotsky.
Two years later, another successful film with Bronson came out - “ The Great Escape"; there he performed a Polish prisoner who suffered from claustrophobia (the actor himself suffered from this psychological ailment).
In the 60s Charles Bronson played a lot on television, and in 1967 the film " The dirty dozen", Successful war drama, awarded several "Oscars". Well, a year later, the premiere of the cult film " Once upon a time in the wild west» Sergio Leone; the famous Italian director later called Bronson "one of the greatest actors with whom he had a chance to work."
Of significant works Bronson of that time is worth noting " Rain passenger"(1969)," Red sun"(1971) and" The enemy outside the door"(1971). Since the 70s, the actor has already acquired the status of a world celebrity and began to receive frenzied fees for his roles - about a million dollars. He continued to act out characters in westerns and action crime films - for example, in the films “ Cold blooded killer"(1973)," Valdez half-breed"(1973) and" Death wish"(1974). Last film received four sequels, the last of which came out in 1994.
One of the most famous work Charles Bronson in the 80s became the film " Ten minutes before midnight"(1983). By this time, the age of the actor was already relatively influencing, so the number of roles began to decrease over time. In the 90s, nothing particularly remarkable with Bronson came out, and in 1998, at the age of 81, the outstanding actor died. In his last years, he suffered from Alzheimer's disease.
Filmography of Charles Bronson / Charles Bronson
- 1995 - Family of Cops III
- 1995 - Family of Cops II: Breach of Faith
- 1995 - Family Of Cops
- 1994 - Death Wish V: The Face of Death
- 1993 - Under the threat of death / Donato And Daughter
- 1993 - The Sea Wolf
- 1991 - Yes Virginia, There Is Santa Claus
- 1991 - The Indian Runner
- 1989 - Forbidden Subjects / Kinjite
- 1988 - Messenger of Death
- 1987 - Assassination
- 1987 - Death Wish 4: The Crackdown
- 1986 - Murphy's Law
- 1985 - Death Wish 3 / Death Wish 3
- 1985 - Act Of Vengeance
- 1984 - The Evil That Men Do
- 1983 - 10 minutes before midnight / 10 To Midnight
- 1982 - Death Wish II / Death Wish II
- 1981 - Deadly hunt/ Death Hunt
- 1980 - Border strip / Borderline
- 1979 - Love And Bullets
- 1977 - Telephone / Telefon
- 1977 - Raid On Entebbe
- 1977 - The White Buffalo
- 1976 - St Ives / St. Ives
- 1975 - Hard Times
- 1975 - Breakout
- 1975 - Pass Of Broken Hearts/ Breakheart Pass
- 1974 - Mr. Majestic / Mr. Majestyk
- 1974 - Death Wish / Death Wish
- 1973 - The Horses of Valdez / Valdez, il mezzosangue
- 1973 - The Stone Killer
- 1972 - The Mechanic
- 1972 - Chato's Land
- 1972 - Papers Valachi / Joe Valachi: I Secreti Di Cosa Nostra
- 1971 - Someone Behind the Door / Quelqu "Un Derriere La Porte
- 1971 - Red Sun / Red Sun
- 1970 - Cold Sweat
- 1970 - The Family
- 1970 - Passenger of the Rain / Passager de la pluie, Le
- 1970 - Violence City
- 1970 - You Can't Win All / You Can "t Win" Em All
- 1969 - Lola / Lola
- 1968 - Goodbye, friend / Adieu l "ami / Honor Among Thieves
- 1968 - Once Upon a Time in the West
- 1968 - Villa Rides
- 1967 - The Dirty Dozen / The Dirty Dozen
- 1966 - This Property Is Condemned
- 1965 - Battle of the Bulge
- 1964 - Guns of Diablo
- 1963 - Four from Texas / 4 for Texas - Matson
- 1963 - The Great Escape
- 1962 - Kid Galahad
- 1961 - Master of the World
- 1961 - X-15 / X-15
- 1960 - The Magnificent Seven / The Magnificent Seven
- 1956 - Jubal / Jubal
- 1954 - Crime Wave / The City Is Dark / Crime Wave
- 1954 - Vera Cruz Vera Cruz
- 1954 - Apache / Apache
- 1953 - House of Wax
- 1952 - Pat and Mike / Pat and Mike
- 1952 - My Six Convicts
- 1952 - The Marrying Kind
- 1952 - Battle Zone
- 1951 - The Mob / The Mob
- 1951 - People Against O'Hara / The People Against O "Hara
On November 3, 1921, in the United States, in the mining village of Ehrenfeld (Pennsylvania), a boy named Karolis was born into a family of emigrants from Lithuania Buchinskis. It would seem that the boy who was the eleventh of fifteen children in this poor family, there was no chance of breaking out into the people. But in spite of fate and circumstances, thanks to his natural talent and perseverance, he became an actor known to millions of viewers as Charles Bronson.
Hungry childhood
Bronson's paternal ancestors were Lipki - Polish-Lithuanian Tatars. This ethnic group was formed from the Tatars who came to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from the Golden Horde and entered the service of the Lithuanian princes. From ancestors Bronson inherited a narrow Mongoloid eye shape and black hair. Because of such characteristic appearance at the beginning of his acting career, he was often invited to play the roles of Indians in Westerns.
The actor's father, Walter Buchinskis (later he "corrected" his surname in the American manner - Buchinsky), moved to the United States from the Lithuanian city of Druskininkai. Bronson's mother, Mary (née Valinskis), was born in America, but her parents were also from Lithuania.
Little Carlos learned to speak English when he was a teenager, and before that he spoke at home in Lithuanian and Russian. At the same time, his name was also transformed into the more familiar American ear "Charles". His father worked in a mine and died when Bronson was 10 years old. The family lived extremely poorly. But it was Charles who was more fortunate than other children - he was the only one from the family who graduated from school. Although, according to the actor himself, there were times when he had to wear his sister's dress due to the lack of other clothes.
But even after graduating from school, Charles had no prospects, and he, too, had to earn a living working in the mine. As the actor later admitted, he was then paid one dollar per ton of coal. After spending a lot of time underground, Charles began to suffer from anxiety. closed spaces... He could not get rid of claustrophobia until the end of his days.
Participation in World War II
It's hard to say how it would have turned out future life Bronson, if the war had not started. In 1943 he was called to military service in armed forces USA. Charles served in the aviation as a gunner on a B-29 bomber. In 1945, as part of the 61st Bomber Squadron, he took part in hostilities against Japan. In total, Bronson flew 25 sorties, was wounded and awarded the Purple Heart medal.
At the end of the war, the United States passed the "Bill of Rights of the Armed Forces". This law provided returning servicemen free education college, and cheap home loans and business loans. Charles decided to take this opportunity and began to study fine arts in order to then get a job as an artist in the theater. And then he decided to become an actor himself and entered the Pasadena Playhouse acting studio.
Actor career
Bronsnon (then Buchinsky) began his acting career at a theater studio in Philadelphia. Later, the actor moved to New York. The young actor did not have enough money to live, and he rented an apartment for a couple with his young colleague Jack Klugman (whose parents, by the way, were also from the Russian Empire). Since 1950, the actor has been invited to the cinema. At first, due to his characteristic appearance, Charles was offered the roles of Indians, which were considered unpromising. But gradually, the actor began to trust to play more and more interesting and significant characters.
In the first 12 films, he starred under his real surname... But in 1954, during vigorous activity The House of Representatives Committee on Anti-American Activities, the actor's agent suggested that he change "out of harm's way" from his Slavic surname to an American one. The actor is said to have come up with his nickname as he walked through Paramount Pictures' majestic gates at the corner of Melrose Avenue and Bronson Street.
Bronson's further career began to develop quite successfully. He starred in many films on television, and real glory came to him after a role in the western "The Magnificent Seven", for which he received $ 50,000. This film was a great success all over the world, including in the USSR.
In addition to America, Bronson also starred in Europe. In 1968, he starred in the western Once Upon a Time in the Wild West, directed by Sergio Leone, who called Bronson "the greatest actor I have ever worked with." Leone had previously wanted to invite Bronson to the lead role in the film For a Fistful of Dollars, but the actor then refused and Clint Eastwood starred in the western.
At the age of 52, he starred in the action movie Death Wish. This role has become the "calling card" of the actor. The film had several sequels with Bronson in the lead roles.
Bronson has received many film awards. The boy who had only a few cents in his pocket in the 40s became one of the highest paid actors in Hollywood. In 1975, in terms of fees, he took 4th place, behind only Robert Redford, Barbra Streisand and Al Pacino.
Personal life
The first wife of the actor was the young actress Harriet Tendler, whom he met in 1947 in Philadelphia at the dawn of his acting career. Harriet later admitted in her memoirs that when she met 26-year-old Charlie Buchinsky, she was an 18-year-old virgin. And on the first date, Charles only had 4 cents in his pocket. The couple married two years later, although the bride's father, a successful Jewish dairy farmer, opposed the marriage. A boy from a poor Catholic family, he did not consider as a groom. But he resigned himself and supported the young financially. The couple had two children, but they divorced in 1965.
The reason for the divorce was the actress Jill Ireland, whom Bronson met on the set of the movie "The Great Escape." It was love at first sight. Jill at this time was married to actor David McCallum, Bronson's partner in this picture. But that didn't stop Charles. He told McCallum bluntly, "I will marry your wife."
Six years later, he fulfilled that promise. The couple married on October 5, 1968 and did not part until their death. It was one of the strongest and most exemplary marriages in Hollywood. Jill became the meaning of life for Bronson. They lived in a mansion in Los Angeles with seven children: two from his first marriage, three from Jill's first marriage (one of whom was adopted) and two of their own (one of whom was also adopted).
Bronson tried to spend as much time as possible with his wife. For this, he even negotiated conditions with the producers so that in the films in which he was invited there was a role for Jill. In total, they starred in 14 joint films.
Bronson purchased a 260 acre (1.1 km2) farm in West Windsor, Vermont, where Jill bred horses and for equestrian training for their daughter Zuleika, the only child together.
The happy life of this large family was destroyed by terrible news - Jill was diagnosed with breast cancer. May 18, 1990, at the age of 54, after long struggle with illness, Jill Ireland died at their home in Malibu.
In December 1998, Bronson married for the third time to Kim Weeks, a former employee of the Dove Audio studio. This marriage lasted only five years. IN last years Bronson's health deteriorated markedly in recent years, and he died of pneumonia on August 30, 2003 at the age of 81.
His real name is Michael Gordon Peterson, he was born in 1952, and has been in prison since the age of 26 with short interruptions. His unpredictable antics have made him arguably the most famous prisoner in Britain.
Childhood and youth
As they say, nothing foreshadowed the young Michael of a criminal "career". Typically, criminal lawyers cite lack of parental love and unfavorable life circumstances... However, Michael's family was quite prosperous and wealthy, there were no tragic incidents in his life. He readily studied, had many friends, was invariably polite to those around him.
According to his aunt, it all started when the family moved and Michael got involved with bad company. It was then that he changes his name to Charles Bronson - his idol, the cool macho Hollywood, and begins to participate in fist fights. On one occasion, he even fought a Rottweiler for £ 1000. Sports allowed him to build up luxurious muscles, and he began to perform in the circus arena.
Bronson got married quite early, at the age of 19, and soon became a father. However, this did not prevent him from taking part in an armed robbery, and at the age of 26 he ended up in his first prison (note that by now he managed to visit 120 English prisons!).
Criminal career
Bronson's most famous crime was in 1974 when he robbed the post office for £ 26.18. He received 7 years and had every chance to be released early, if he did not regularly violate the prison regime.
In 1988, he was arrested again for robbery, after 4 years he was released, but after 3 weeks he was again arrested for preparing a new robbery. Since then, Bronson has been sitting without interruption.
It would seem, compared to serial killers and other serious criminals, his criminal career looks rather shabby, but it was not she who glorified Bronson, but his unpredictable behavior in prison. Unsurprisingly, after several such episodes, no British prison was willing to accept this prisoner.
It was in prison that Bronson fully showed his penchant for violence, although, oddly enough, none of the episodes ended in the death of the victims. Judge for yourself, here are just some of Bronson's "antics":
Stripping naked and smearing himself heavily with oil, he attacked the guards and inflicted several serious injuries on them. To neutralize it, it took a whole detachment of special forces.
In 1994, he took a prison guard hostage and demanded that he be provided with a helicopter and an inflatable doll (!).
In 1996, he unexpectedly took his lawyer hostage, but released him half an hour later.
In 1998, he took several Iraqis imprisoned hostage simply because one of them, having stumbled upon him, did not apologize. This time the requirements were more serious: as usual, a helicopter to Cuba, and to it a machine gun with cartridges and an ax. If he refused, he threatened to eat one of the hostages.
He attempted suicide with a working washing machine.
In 2014, at the age of 62 (!) Years, Bronson, during a telecast of the match, was so enraged by the loss of his favorite team that he used his old trick: he undressed, oiled and naked attacked ten prison guards in full protective uniforms ... In doing so, he broke several of his ribs.
Captured a prison teacher, tied him up and held him for 44 hours just because he criticized one of his paintings.
However, one such incident brought Bronson a £ 200 compensation for breaking Bronson's glasses in an effort to prevent another hostage-taking.
Unsurprisingly, Bronson spends much of his term in solitary confinement. But even here he wasted no time.
Prison fitness
Judging by the appearance of Charles Bronson, being in prison was only good for him. And it's not just his famous mustache, which he invariably wears, changing his hairstyle from a regular haircut to a completely shaved head, as in recent years (there was a period when he also let go of a long beard).
No, it's all about his brilliant physical shape. Even in old age, Bronson does not stop training and looks like a real mountain of muscles. He described his system in the book “ Single fitness”Released in 2007. In it, he shares his experience, how, without special equipment and healthy eating, you can pump up truly superhuman strength.
Bronson confirmed the effectiveness of his method in practice: he managed to set a world record for push-ups, which he performs daily up to 2000 times; bend the steel rods of the chamber with bare hands etc.
"Artistic creation"
Actually, this title could well have been omitted from quotation marks, because Bronson the prisoner during his years in prison managed to gain fame as an artist and poet.
He has received seven Koestler Awards for artistic creation and poetry; his works were published in newspapers and magazines and even were posted on the London Underground (although illegally). Characteristically, he donated part of the money received for these works to an orphanage.
Screen adaptation of biography
In 2009, a film about the life story of Charles Bronson was released. His role was played by Tom Hardy, who personally met several times in prison with his hero for this. Bronson impressed Hardy; according to him, this is "a very clear, kind, funny and intelligent person."
At the same time, Hardy did not try to justify Bronson's actions, but sought to understand the nature of his character. I wonder how he managed to connect these qualities with the actions of Bronson?
Bronson himself was so inspired by the idea of a film adaptation of his life story that he cut off his famous mustache and gave it to Tom to use on the set.
"Freedom for Charles Bronson!"
More than 10,000 signatures were collected under this slogan during the campaign for the release of the inmate. His supporters claim that he served more than many cruel killers and is now ready to start a new life.
However, numerous violations and hostage-taking in prison indicate that Charles Branson is not just an eccentric person, but absolutely unpredictable and dangerous for others, and he himself does not deny this. In his own words, violence makes him "crazier and stronger." So it looks like he will end his days in prison, where he has already spent two-thirds of his life.
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