He is a violent prisoner, and has taken numerous hostages in the course of confrontations with guards, resulting in sentences of life imprisonment. He was returned to prison in 1988 on conviction concerning another robbery. His promoter thought he needed a more suitable name and suggested he change it to Charles Bronson, after the American actor. Upon his release in 1987, he began a bare-knuckle boxing career in the East End of London. Further sentences were imposed because of attacks on prisoners and guards. He has spent periods detained in the Rampton, Broadmoor, and Ashworth high-security psychiatric hospitals.įirst arrested as a petty criminal, he was convicted and sentenced in 1974 to seven years' imprisonment for armed robbery. Armed robbery wounding (2) wounding with intent criminal damage grievous bodily harm false imprisonment (3) blackmail death threats Ĭharles Arthur Salvador (formerly Charles Ali Ahmed born Michael Gordon Peterson on 6 December 1952), better known as Charles Bronson, is a British criminal, with a violent and notorious life as a prisoner.
