What did Charles Bronson go to prison for?

Answer 1

In 1974 he was imprisoned for a robbery and sentenced to seven years. While in prison he began making a name for himself as a loose cannon, often fighting convicts and prison guards. These fights added years onto his sentence. Regarded as a problem prisoner, he was moved 120 times throughout Her Majesty's Prison Service and spent most of that time in solitary confinement. What was originally a seven year term stretched out to a fourteen year sentence that resulted in his first wife, Irene, with whom he had a son, leaving him. He was released on October 30, 1988 but only spent 69 days free before he was arrested again.

Answer 2

Charles Bronson, the actor, never went to prison. However, there was a notorious English criminal who adopted the same name. This Charles Bronson, known as "Britain's most violent prisoner," was incarcerated for various violent crimes, including armed robbery and assault.