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Charles Bronson pledges to 'expose unlawful sentence' ahead of parole hearing
Charles Bronson, serving nearly 50 years, faces his ninth parole bid with an oral hearing allowing direct witness questioning on his risk, after eight refusals.
- Ahead of an oral Parole Board hearing in the coming months, Charles Bronson has vowed to expose his unlawful sentence and treatment, while the Parole Board confirmed the next review will allow direct questioning.
- Bronson's long detention began after an armed robbery in 1974, and he received a discretionary life sentence in 2000 after holding a prison teacher hostage for 44 hours at HMP Hull.
- Record shows 11 hostage incidents across nine sieges, with victims including prison governors, doctors, staff and a solicitor; his public parole hearing in 2023 was only the second in British legal history.
- In a letter to Sky News he wrote `I am 23 years over my tariff. I am forever kept in solitary. They won't even take me off Cat A` and called his treatment 'a total joke' ahead of the hearing in the coming months.
- Bronson, who now goes by Charles Salvador, has vowed to be freed and criticises the justice system, saying art and rehabilitation helped him find a 'true self'.
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Charles Bronson calls prison 'total joke' as notorious criminal vows to 'expose unlawful sentence' ahead of parole hearing
Charles Bronson, one of Britain's longest-serving prisoners, has slammed prison as a "total joke" and pledged to expose his “unlawful sentence”. The 73-year-old secured an oral parole hearing in the coming months as part of his ninth bid for freedom.The Parole Board confirmed this week that Bronson’s case will advance beyond a paper-based review to a full in-person examination, where evidence can be tested directly and witnesses questioned.As pa…
The Independent
Charles Bronson releases letter from prison ahead of parole hearing
‘I have to expose this unlawful sentence and treatment,’ he said in a letter
Britain's most notorious prisoner to 'expose' his 'unlawful sentence' - The Mirror
Charles Bronson, one of the UK's most infamous prisoners, has spent the past five decades behind bars and has now claimed the conditions he faces in jail have "gone on for far too long"
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