Charles Bronson (prisoner)
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Charles Arthur Salvador, better known by his professional name of Charles Bronson, is an English criminal notorious for his violent life both between and during multiple prison sentences. He has spent
Luton, Bedfordshire, which Bronson considers his home town
Ashworth Hospital, where Bronson spent some time as a mental health patient
Belmarsh Prison, where Bronson took two Iraqi hijackers hostage
Kray twins
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Ronald Kray and Reginald Kray were English identical twin brothers from Haggerston, East London, who were heavily involved in organised crime from the late 1950s until their arrest in 1968.
Charles Bronson (prisoner)
…his wife. At Wandsworth, he attempted to poison the prisoner in the cell next to him. He was moved to Parkhurst Prison in 1976, where he befriended the Kray twins, whom he described as "the best two guys I've ever met". He was moved back to Wandsworth after threatening to kill a prison officer. He spent four…
Reggie (left) and Ronnie Kray, photographed by David Bailey in 1965
The Blind Beggar pub in 2005
Photograph of Reginald Kray (second from left) taken in the months leading up to his trial in 1968. The evidence from this file and others resulted in him and his brother Ronald being sentenced to life imprisonment.
Ronnie and Reggie Kray's grave, Chingford