The UK’s longest serving prisoner, Charles Bronson,took part in a pub karaoke from behind bars, it has been claimed.
The 72-year-old, who is locked up in HMP Woodhill in Milton Keynes, performed a rendition of Frank Sinatra’s My Way, to pub goers at the Hilderthorpe pub in Bridlington on Saturday.
Bronson dedicated the song to Ronnie Kray, an infamous London gangster.
Julie Shaw, who is the ghostwriter of Bronson’s book, Charles Bronson – Inside and Out, and who hosts the pub’s karaoke night, is the person who organised the sing-a-long.
She posted on Facebook: ‘For the first time ever, Britain’s longest serving prisoner, Charles Bronson, is going to sing live from his maximum security prison, over the phone, to entertain the customers.
‘Let’s have you all down there to show your support. 9.00pm he will sing I did it my way! No prisoner in history has ever done this before and the press will be there to capture it.’
It was complete silence in the pub while people listened to Bronson sing, in footage shared with The Mirror.
But once he had finished singing, he was greeted with a round of applause.
He ended his song by telling everybody ‘all the best to everybody, I love you all’.
Charles Bronson’s real name is Michael Peterson and he was initially jailed in 1974 for armed robbery and wounding.
Since then he has spent most of his life in prison due to a history of violent offences.
These include hostage-taking incidents and attacks on prison staff and other inmates.
Because of this, his original sentence has been extended multiple times.
Bronson was handed a discretionary life sentence with a minimum term of four years in 2000, for taking a prison teacher at HMP Hull hostage for 44 hours.
The parole board has repeatedly refused to agree to him being released.
He is now 72-years-old and has spent periods detained in various prisons including Rampton, Broadmoor and Ashworth.
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