Charles Bronson is trying to raise £32,000 to buy a caravan for when he is released from prison

Charles Bronson and his son are attempting to raise £32,500 to buy a caravan for him to live in if – or when, as they put it – he is released from prison.

Bronson, who is Britain’s longest serving prisoner having spent nearly half a century inside, recently won the right to have his parole held in public, the first time that has been granted.

Despite a history of violence within the prison system, Bronson claims that he has now turned himself around and proven himself rehabilitated, hoping that he will be released to live out his days by the seaside.

His hearing was expected to take place last year, but was pushed back into this year before Christmas, which he wasn’t exactly pleased with, but at least that offers time for him to fund the money to buy himself a caravan, if the JustGiving page set up by his son George Bamby is anything to go by.

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On that JustGiving page, it states: “Charles Bronson is the UK’s most longest serving prisoner.

“He has campaigned for prison reform throughout his life, taken on the prison system and never backed down with anything that he believes in.

“He has been in prison for 48 years.

“Charlie has been labelled as the UK’s most violent and notorious prisoner, an image he has been trying very hard to get rid of.

“He has never murdered anybody and never hurt a woman or child. The majority of his crimes have been against the prison system. Yes, he has been a very bad man in the distant past but he has also been very charitable and supportive to thousands of people throughout his prison life.

“Charlie’s artwork has made hundreds of thousands, if not millions of pounds for charities.

“He has also helped many people with mental health problems and been very supportive of so many from all walks of life.

“On March 6 2023 [although this date has yet to be fully verified] Charles Bronson (Now known as Charles Salvador) will be standing in front of the UK parole board with the hope of finally being released from custody and given the chance at freedom that he so much deserves.”

“Charlie is no longer an aggressive criminal, he is a born again artist who has spent the majority of his prison life in segregation doing his artwork.

“He has not been violent or aggressive for nearly 10 years.

“He is 70 years old in a few months and just wants to get out of prison and enjoy his remaining years as a pensioner, living in a caravan in Devon by himself near his family.”

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Sounds reasonable enough, should the parole board grant him his release.

The fundraising page continues: “I am organising a fundraising campaign to pay for Charlie to buy a caravan in Devon when he is released from prison, hopefully on 6th March 2023.

“We are very hopeful that he will be released at this parole.

“If he isn’t we will be using the caravan to give free holidays to families that don’t have much money, until the day he is released.”

So far, the page has raised more than £2,000 from supporters, who have also offered messages of hope and good luck to Bronson.

The page fundraising pitch finishes with a message from Charlie himself, which reads: “God bless you all, I’m looking forward to catching up with you all down the pub when I get out.”