Notorious prisoner Charles Bronson is suing TV presenter Richard Madeley after he wrongly claimed the hard man had attacked a governor.
Madeley made the error on live television while standing in as host of Good Morning Britain in February.
Bronson, 64, has begun legal action against the presenter for defamation after comments he made while interviewing the prisoner’s fiancee Paula Williamson.
Madeley said: ‘He could have been out years ago if he behaved himself. We have his charge sheet and his last incident he attacked the governor last year.
Madeley made the error on live television while standing in as host of Good Morning Britain in February
Bronson, 64, has begun legal action against the presenter for defamation after comments he made while interviewing the prisoner’s fiancee Paula Williamson (shown)
‘You’re not going to be let out of prison if you do stuff like that.’
When Paula claims an attack did not happen last year, the presenter looks into the camera and says: ‘Charlie you’re watching now. You’re lying.
‘You know it was 2016 mate. It was last year.’
It is believed that a researcher on the morning programme handed Madeley the charge sheet of the wrong prisoner, according to The Sun.
A friend of Bronson, who spoke to the prisoner, told the newspaper that his mother was ‘upset’ at the gaff as he had promised not to get involved in more violence.
In a statement, Good Morning Britain admitted its mistake and said it was was happy to make a clarification.
A friend of Bronson (pictured), who spoke to the prisoner, told the newspaper that his mother was ‘upset’ at the gaff as he had promised not to get involved in more violence
When Paula claims an attack did not happen last year, the presenter looks into the camera (shown) and says: ‘Charlie you’re watching now. You’re lying’
Bronson is one of the country’s most notorious prisoners and has spent the majority of the past four decades imprisoned for a series of violent crimes.
In recent years he has turned his hand to art and changed his surname from Bronson to Salvador in tribute to the Spanish surrealist artist Salvador Dali.
He first struck up a relationship with Miss Williamson – who also had roles in Emmerdale and Hollyoaks – back in 2013 after they started writing to one another.
Bronson has previously said he wants to have children with Miss Williamson, claiming he would be the ‘best dad in the world’.
He was first locked up for armed robbery in 1974, but during his time inside he has taken hostages in 10 prison sieges, attacked at least 20 prison officers and caused £500,000 in damage in rooftop protests.
He first struck up a relationship with Miss Williamson (left) – who also had roles in Emmerdale and Hollyoaks – back in 2013 after they started writing to one another
In 1999 he was given a life sentence after taking prison art teacher Phil Danielson hostage at HMP Hull after he criticised one of his drawings.
Salvador, who does 2,000 press-ups a day, tied a skipping rope round the teacher’s neck and led him about ‘like a dog’ while holding a knife and broken bottle to his throat before releasing him after 44 hours.
He now claims to be a ‘changed man’ and has passed a number of violence reduction courses in jail and is appealing against his life sentence.
He is currently serving a life sentence in HMP Wakefield, from where his letter is addressed, and has been jailed for most of the last 43 years – 37 of which have been in solitary confinement.