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The future most brutal criminal in Britain, Michael Gordon Peterson, known to the world as Charles Bronson, was born on December 6, 1952 into a wealthy family of Eira and Joe Peterson in a small town in Wales. Uncle future legend criminal world was mayor of the city for two consecutive terms: from 1960 to 1970. Unlike other criminals, Michael's childhood was not violent or terrible tragedy, which could influence his personality. He loved going to school, studied well, was polite to others and loved ones, and had many friends.

Britain's worst criminal grew up in a prosperous family

After changing his name to a more sonorous one, borrowed from the Hollywood actor Charles Bronson, he began participating in fist fights, and then worked in an escort agency and circus.

In his youth, Charles Bronson made money as an escort

Bronson first went to prison at age 26 for armed robbery. His most famous crime was the post office robbery in 1974, when he stole £26. Bronson was sentenced to 7 years. He is currently serving a life sentence for robbery and kidnapping. In total, he visited more than a hundred correctional institutions and spent most of his life in prison.

Bronson was jailed for 7 years for stealing £26 from the post office.

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, and donated part of the money from the sale to charity. Bronson takes those who criticize his work hostage. For example, this happened to prison teacher Phil Danielson, who was held captive by a criminal for 44 hours.

Charles Bronson spent most of his life in solitary confinement.

Bronson was married twice, the second time while he was already a famous prisoner. His future wife, 33-year-old Saira Ali Ahmed, a native of Bangladesh, saw his photo in the newspaper and began a correspondence with him. They met 10 times and were married in June 2001 at Woodhill, a maximum security prison. After which Peterson again changed his name, this time to Charles Ali Ahmet, and converted to Islam. After 4 years they divorced. His wife gave numerous interviews about their short marriage, describing him as a racist and a cunning, evil criminal.

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Biography

Born into a wealthy family of Eira and Joe Peterson in a small town in Wales. The uncle of the future legend of the criminal world was mayor of the city for two consecutive terms: from 1960 to 1970. Unlike other criminals, Michael's childhood did not involve violence or a terrible tragedy that could have affected his personality. He loved going to school, studied well, was polite to others and loved ones, and 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 his name to the more sonorous name of Hollywood actor Charles Bronson, he began to participate in fist fights. He also worked for about a year at the Mini-house escort service chain. At the age of 19, he married a woman named Irene, with whom he had a son, Michael. Some time later, he took up sports and, having pumped up his muscles, began performing 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 post office robbery, in which he stole £26.18. He was sentenced to 7 years, but due to regular violations of the regime he is still in prison for 36 years, of which 32 years in solitary confinement. In 1988 he was arrested for robbery, in 1992 he was released, and three weeks later he was arrested again for preparing a new robbery. In prison he became famous for fights with guards. One day he thickly smeared his body with oil, and then attacked the prison guards naked. A cellmate named Taran Vladimir prepared him for this attack; he personally oiled him and undressed him. He inflicted several serious injuries on the guards before the special forces unit, alerted, was able to 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, and donated part of the money from the sale of his work to charity. In October 1996, he took his lawyer Robert Taylor hostage, but released him after 30 minutes. The lawyer did not press charges. In 1998, he took several Iraqis hostage at Belmarsh 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 couldn’t, he inflicted injuries on himself, after which he demanded a helicopter that would take him to Cuba, an Uzi machine gun, 5 thousand rounds of ammunition and an ax. At the trial he declared that he was as guilty as and Adolf Hitler. In February 1999, Woodhill maximum security prison, due to the presence 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 sentence, Bronson captured prison teacher Phil Danielson, tied him up with rope, and held him for 44 hours. Danielson became a victim of Bronson because he criticized his drawings. Tried to electrocute himself with washing machine filled with water. In 2007, two Sutton prison guards broke Bronson's glasses while trying to prevent another hostage incident. He was then 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 she had a son. The second time, already being a famous prisoner. His future wife, 33-year-old Saira Ali Ahmed, a native of Bangladesh, saw his photo in the newspaper, and then began corresponding with him. They met 10 times and were married in June 2001 at Woodhill, a maximum security prison. After which Peterson again changed his name, this time to Charles Ali Ahmet, and converted to Islam. After 4 years they divorced. His wife gave numerous interviews about their short marriage, describing him as a racist and a cunning, evil criminal.

Movie

On May 13, 2009, the film “Bronson” premiered in Britain, based on the life of Michael Peterson. Main role performed by Tom Hardy, directed by Nicolas Winding Refn.

Public

There is a Bronson freedom movement in the UK.

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Only when Bennigsen entered the hut did Kutuzov move out of his corner and move towards the table, but so much so that his face was not illuminated by the candles placed on the table.
Bennigsen opened the council with the question: “Should we leave the sacred and ancient capital of Russia without a fight or defend it?” A long and general silence followed. 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 was definitely about to cry. But this did not last long.
– The sacred ancient capital of Russia! - he suddenly spoke, repeating Bennigsen’s words in an angry voice and thereby pointing out the false note of these words. - Let me tell you, Your Excellency, that this question makes no sense 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 gather is a military question. The question is: “The salvation of Russia is in the army. Is it more profitable to risk the loss of the army and Moscow by accepting a battle, or to give up Moscow without a battle? This is the question I want to know your opinion on.” (He rocked back into his chair.)
The debate began. Bennigsen did not yet consider the game lost. Admitting the opinion of Barclay and others about the impossibility of accepting a defensive battle near Fili, he, imbued with Russian patriotism and love for Moscow, proposed transferring troops at night from the right to the left flank and striking the next day on the right wing of the French. Opinions were divided, there were disputes in favor and against this opinion. Ermolov, Dokhturov and Raevsky agreed with Bennigsen’s opinion. Whether guided by a sense of need for sacrifice before leaving the capital or by other personal considerations, these generals did not seem to understand that the present council could not change the inevitable course of affairs and that Moscow had already been abandoned. The rest of the generals understood this and, leaving aside the question of Moscow, talked about the direction that the army should have taken in its retreat. Malasha, who, without taking her eyes off, looked at what was happening in front of her, understood the meaning of this advice differently. It seemed to her that it was only a matter of a personal struggle between “grandfather” and “long-haired,” as she called Bennigsen. She saw that they were angry when they spoke to each other, and in her heart she sided with her grandfather. In the middle of the conversation, she noticed a quick sly glance thrown by her grandfather at Bennigsen, and after that, to her joy, she noticed that the grandfather, having said something to the long-haired man, besieged him: Bennigsen suddenly blushed and walked angrily around the hut. The words that had such an effect on Bennigsen were Kutuzov’s opinion expressed in a calm and quiet voice about the benefits and disadvantages of Bennigsen’s proposal: about transferring troops at night from the right to the left flank to attack the right wing of the French.
“I, gentlemen,” said Kutuzov, “cannot approve of the count’s plan.” Troop movements close to the enemy are always dangerous, and military history confirms this idea. So, for example... (Kutuzov seemed to be thoughtful, looking for an example and looking at Bennigsen with a bright, naive look.) But at least the Battle of Friedland, which, as I think the count remembers well, was... not entirely successful only because our troops were reforming at too close a distance from the enemy... - A moment of 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 getting ready to speak. Everyone looked 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 rising, he approached the table. "Gentlemen, I have heard your opinions." Some will disagree with me. But I (he stopped) by the power entrusted to me by my sovereign and fatherland, I order a 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 quiet 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 dinner for a long time, carefully came down from the floor with her bare feet, clinging to the ledges of the stove with her bare feet, and, getting mixed up between the legs of the generals, slipped out the door.
Having released the generals, Kutuzov sat for a long time, leaning on the table, and kept thinking about the same terrible question: “When, when was it finally decided that Moscow was abandoned? When was what was done that resolved the issue, and who is to blame for this?”
“I didn’t expect this, this,” he said to Adjutant Schneider, who came to him late at night, “I didn’t expect this!” I didn't think that!
“You need to rest, Your Grace,” said Schneider.
- No! “They will eat horse meat like the Turks,” Kutuzov shouted without answering, hitting the table with his plump fist, “they too will, 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 its burning - was as inevitable as the retreat of the troops without a fight for Moscow after the Battle of Borodino.
Every Russian person, not on the basis of conclusions, but on the basis of the feeling that lies in us and lay in our fathers, could have predicted what happened.
Starting from Smolensk, in all the cities and villages of the Russian land, without the participation of Count Rastopchin and his posters, the same thing happened that happened in Moscow. The people blithely waited for the enemy, did not rebel, did not worry, did not tear anyone to pieces, but calmly awaited their fate, feeling the strength in themselves in the most difficult moment to find what they had to do. And as soon as the enemy approached, the richest elements of the population left, leaving their property; the poorest remained and set fire and destroyed what was left.
The consciousness that it will be so, and will always be so, lay and lies in the soul of the Russian person. And this consciousness and, moreover, the premonition that Moscow would be taken, lay in the Russian Moscow society of the 12th year. Those who began to leave Moscow back in July and early August showed that they were expecting this. Those who left with what they could seize, leaving their houses and half their property, acted this way due to that latent patriotism, which is expressed not by phrases, not by killing children to save the fatherland, etc. by unnatural actions, but which is expressed imperceptibly, simply, organically and therefore always produces the most powerful results.

In the UK, the staff of one of the prisons had difficulty breaking down 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 covered himself with oil to make it harder to twist him.

On Friday, Charles Bronson was placed in solitary confinement at Wakefield Prison because he Once again demonstrated a violent temper and a dangerous tendency towards violence, writes The Daily Mail. Before this, the prisoner was barely overcome by twelve jailers at once, from whose embrace he slipped away like a lizard.

The insidious criminal thickly smeared his body with oil, and then attacked the prison guards naked when he was not far from the gym. As a result, he inflicted several serious injuries on the guards before the special forces squad, alerted, neutralized the troublemaker.

It is no coincidence that Bronson is considered the most dangerous of the caught criminals. He has spent 36 years in prison and during this time he has committed more than a dozen attacks on guards, including hostage-taking. In particular, in 1999, Bronson captured prison teacher Phil Danielson in Hull. For 40 hours, he held his victim hostage, making various demands.

Charles was sent to prison in 1974 for life on charges of robbery.

Let us add that Bronson’s real name is Michael Gordon Peterson, and he decided to change his first and last name in 1987 after watching the serial film “Death Wish” with actor Charles Bronson in the title role.

During his time in prison, the newly minted Charles Bronson was charged with a huge number of serious charges, including threatening to kill, imprisonment, causing grievous bodily harm, and so on. All this led to Bronson spending most of his time in solitary confinement.

Bronson is especially dangerous because he is in excellent physical fitness and maintains your tone. The prisoner is able to do push-ups at an intensity of 172 times per minute.

In 2009, even the film “Bronson” was shot, dedicated to the legendary prisoner. Tom Hardy played the main role in this film.

Charles Bronson himself also does not waste time doing nothing but physical training. He writes books and, in particular, published a manual called Solitary Fitness (“Fitness in solitary confinement”). In this book, Bronson gives tips on how to stay in shape even in prison and "be prepared for any situation."

It is noteworthy that the officials limited themselves to a dry commentary in connection with the curious incident that occurred. “The prisoner was involved in a minor incident on the territory of the (prison) sports complex,” explained a spokesman for the penitentiary department.

"House with Monsters"

Wakefield Dungeon, where Bronson is currently being held, has a sinister reputation due to its inmates. It is even sometimes called "the house with monsters." In particular, the terrible pedophile maniac Roy Wieting, who killed 8-year-old Sarah Payne in 2000, whiles away his days here. This crime alarmed the entire society, which demanded the creation of a unified database of sex offenders and the publication of their lists.

American David Bieber is also serving a life sentence in Wakefield. He moved to the British Isles in 1996 after being wanted for murder and attempted murder in his home country. On December 26, 2003, a fugitive bodybuilder and drug dealer shot dead Leeds police officers when they discovered during an identity check that Bieber's passport was fake.

One of the wounded policemen, Neil Roper, managed to escape with a bullet in his stomach and shoulder, and Bieber killed his partner Ian Broadhurst in cold blood with a control shot to the head, despite pleas for mercy.

This massacre in Leeds caused a powerful public outcry, since for eight years not a single police officer was killed in the UK. Bieber was put on a national wanted list and caught in a Gateshead hotel room just before New Year's, at three o'clock in the morning on December 31, 2003.

Charles Bronson is a great actor, known for such films as "A Passenger in the Rain", "Red Sun", "The Magnificent Seven" and many others.

Charles Bronson played more than 120 roles, going down in the history of world cinema as one of the outstanding actors. In this article we will take a closer look at this wonderful and talented person.

Brief biography of Charles Bronson

Born in 1921, Charles Bronson's real name is Charles Dennis Buchinsky. He began to call himself Charles Bronson due to the aggravation of anti-communist views in the United States of America.

It’s just that his real surname was similar to the Slavic one, so he decided to take a pseudonym for himself.

Family and childhood

The boy grew up in large family Polish-Lithuanian emigrants. He was the 11th child of his parents. His childhood was difficult and brought him little joy.

When Charles was 10 years old, his father died, leaving the family without a breadwinner. Because of this, the future actor had to start working very early.

Personality formation

Initially, Charles Bronson never dreamed that he would one day become famous actor. In his youth he had to participate in the Second World War.

Charles Bronson

He was an air gunner in the Pacific Fleet.

During his service, Bronson repeatedly demonstrated bravery and courage, for which he was awarded the Purple Star.

After the end of the war, Charles could not decide for a long time on his future profession. At first he worked in different places, but did not stay anywhere for long.

One day he tried himself as a theater actor in a troupe from Philadelphia. In this field he managed to achieve great success.

He soon received recognition from the audience who came to the performances, as a result of which Bronson studied at a theater school and began looking for serious roles.

The beginning of a film career

Charles Bronson made his debut on film set in 1951 in the war film “You're in the Navy,” playing the role of a sailor.

After that, he starred in films such as "Museum wax figures", "Miss Sadie Thompson" and "The Stagecoach Security Guard".

And although all these roles were not the main ones, they helped the actor gain invaluable experience. Only in the 50s of the 20th century, Bronson managed to attract the attention of the public by playing in several famous films and TV series.

Star roles

In 1960, the actor starred in one of the most famous westerns, The Magnificent Seven. This film made him truly popular all over the world.

For his performance in the film, Charles Bronson received, at that time, a fabulous fee of $50,000.

After this film was shown in, he called Bronson his favorite actor.

Two years later, another successful film, “The Great Escape,” was released, starring Charles Bronson, in which he played a Polish prisoner. He masterfully embodied the image of a man suffering from claustrophobia.

His performance was so lively and truthful that it seemed as if he was actually facing this problem in reality.

In the 60s, the demand for Charles Bronson was extremely high. Films with his participation were released one after another. The drama “The Dirty Dozen” received several Oscar awards, and the western “Once Upon a Time in the West” became truly iconic in society.

Charles Bronson films of the 70s and 80s

In the 70s, Bronson continued to be one of the most sought-after actors. The following films with his participation are released one after another:

• "Cold-blooded killer"
• "White Buffalo"
• "The Last Bullet"
• "Enemy at the Door"
• "Death Wish"
• "Horses of Valdez"
• "Rain Passenger"
• "The escape"
• "Red sun"

In the 80s, due to health problems, Charles began to appear in films less frequently. However, during this period of time he managed to star in one of the famous films, “Ten Minutes to Midnight.”

Bronson's personal life

1962 Bronson met Jill Ireland, who was married at that time, on the set. This girl won his heart at first sight, so the actor decided to win her at all costs.

After 6 years, Jill became his wife. Together they lived for more than 20 joyful and happy years. In their marriage they had two children.

However, their happiness was overshadowed by the fact that Jill Ireland fell ill with cancer. For several years she struggled with this disease, but she was never able to overcome it. Jill died in 1990 at the age of 54.

Last years

After the death of his wife, the actor’s health deteriorated even further. He starred in only a few films, and then completely withdrew from public life.

However, Charles Bronson lived to be 81 years old and died on August 30, 2003 from pneumonia in medical center Cedars Sinai, where he received treatment for several weeks.

Criminal Charles Bronson

U famous criminal Michael Gordon Peterson, considered Britain's most violent prisoner, had Charles Bronson as his favorite actor.

Michael Gordon Peterson

He liked his game so much that he even took the pseudonym of his idol.

In total, this bandit served more than 30 years behind bars, having served in more than 120 prisons. One of his most notorious crimes was the robbery of a post office in 1974.

Peterson made history for a variety of reasons. He constantly violated prison rules and fought with guards and fellow inmates.

However, along with all this, his interest in art did not weaken.

As surprising as it may sound, he is also known as an artist and poet. Amazingly, Bronson-Peterson managed to repeatedly sell his works, receiving quite a good profit for them.

In 2013, the film “Bronson” was filmed, which showed the story of Charles-Michael. Tom Hardy played the main role in this film. This actor even visited the criminal in prison, making good impressions of him.

"Fitness in solitary confinement"

Despite the fact that Michael spent most of his life behind bars, he was always in excellent physical shape. By the way, this is clearly visible from his photographs.

Prisoner Charles Bronson was able to show his talent in the field of writing. He wrote a book called Fitness in Solitary Confinement. In this work, the author tells readers how to make your body muscular without spending money on purchasing different exercise equipment.

The book presents detailed diagram workouts scheduled by day. The author claims that such a system is suitable for any person, regardless of his physical training. “Fitness in Solitary Confinement” became a very popular and best-selling book in England.

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