Soap star Paula Williamson married notorious prisoner Charles Bronson in front of just four people and the career criminal wore a trilby and Union Jack shoes for the bizarre ceremony.
The pair tied the knot behind the walls of high-security HMP Wakefield where Bronson handed prison officers the wrong music – so they walked down the aisle to the Death March.
During their first dance, Bronson ripped his new bride’s dress by stepping on it before he serenaded her with a version of Frank Sinatra’s My Way.
Soap star Paula Williamson married notorious prisoner Charles Bronson in front of just four people and the career criminal wore a trilby and Union Jack shoes for the bizarre ceremony
The new Mrs Charles Bronson Paula Williamson, pictured, was all smiles as she left a hotel in Wakefield the day after marrying the notorious prisoner
Guests of honour: Dozens of people packed into the York House Hotel to celebrate the wedding of their friend and long-term prisoner Charles Bronson including gangster turned author Dave Courtney (second from left)
And guests were treated to a buffet consisted of mince pies and Viennetta ice cream, according to the Sunday People.
Bronson, who know goes by the name Charles Salvador and who may never be released from prison, was not allowed to his own wedding reception so his wife, 37, had to dance with a hired lookalike.
She partied at a hotel just a stone’s throw from the prison, where she went to bed at 10.30pm before flying off to Malta for her honeymoon accompanied by a photographer.
Paula, who once starred in Coronation Street, is Bronson’s third wife and said she ‘felt like Michael Jackson’ after she had to sneak into the prison under a blanket as photographers camped outside trying to get a snap of her £1,000 dress.
Bronson, now 64, has spent most of his life in prison and may never be freed but his new bride insists their marriage will last.
On their big day on Tuesday, locals watched on as the unusual wedding procession made its way to Wakefield jail.
An array of eclectic guests were invited to the unusual wedding of Charles Bronson and his soap actress bride Paula Williamson (pictured together)
Smile! Katie Price’s ex-husband Alex Reid (far left) and a Charles Bronson impersonator (right) were among the guests pictured with boxer-turned-artist Andrew Parkin
The soap actress, pictured accompanied by a male friend, tied the knot with Bronson four years after striking up a relationship with him by becoming a pen pal
The bridal party was driven in a Mercedes by professional Bronson lookalike Tim Crowley.
And the ceremony itself, held in the prison’s parole room, was witnessed by Bronson’s cousin, Stuart Godfrey, and long-term supporters Rod and Linda Harrison and Tim Price.
The groom donned a white jacket, black shirt with a red tie and carnation for the day, with Union Jack shoes and socks adorned with a picture of his moustache.
Paula’s wedding ring bears the date of the big day as well as Bronson’s old jail number, 1314.
The reception was held at York House Hotel and was attended by gangster Dave Courtney and Katie Price’s ex Alex Reid.
Cheers broke out among guests as Paula called for the release of Bronson, who was jailed for armed robbery in 1974 but has seen time added on to his sentence for multiple violent outbursts inside.