
Charles "Charlie" Bronson (born Michael Gordon Peterson, 6 December 1952) is an English criminal often referred to in the British press as the "most violent prisoner in Britain".[2] Born in Luton, England, Michael often found his way into fights before he began a bare-knuckle boxing career in the East End of London. His promoter not happy with his name suggested he change it to Charles Bronson.
In 1974 he was imprisoned for a robbery and sentenced to seven years. While in prison he began making a name for himself as a loose cannon often fighting convicts and prison guards. These fights added years onto his sentence. Regarded as a problem prisoner, he was moved 120 times throughout Her Majesty's Prison Service and spent most of that time in solitary confinement. What was originally a seven year term stretched out to fourteen year sentence that resulted in his first wife Irene, with whom he had a son, leaving him. He was released on October 30, 1988 but only spent 69 days free before he was arrested again.
While in jail in 2001 he married his second wife Fatema Saira Rehman, a Bangladeshi-born divorcée who inspired him to convert to Islam taking the name of Charles Ali Ahmed. The second marriage lasted four years before he got divorced and renounced Islam. Known as one of the hardest criminals in England, Bronson has written many books about his experiences and famous prisoners he has met through-out his internment. A self-declared fitness fanatic, Bronson has also written a book on working out in small places.
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