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| One of Britain's most infamous prisoners has received up to £200 in compensation from the Prison Service after having his spectacles broken. | One of Britain's most infamous prisoners has received up to £200 in compensation from the Prison Service after having his spectacles broken. |
| Charles Bronson's glasses were smashed during an incident involving two members of staff at Full Sutton high security prison in East Yorkshire. | Charles Bronson's glasses were smashed during an incident involving two members of staff at Full Sutton high security prison in East Yorkshire. |
| Bronson, 54, originally from Luton, was first jailed for armed robbery in 1974. | |
| Since then he has held fellow prisoners and staff hostage on three occasions and carried out several assaults. | Since then he has held fellow prisoners and staff hostage on three occasions and carried out several assaults. |
| It is unclear what happened in the incident which led to Bronson's glasses being broken, but a HM Prison Service statement described it as a "control and restraint incident". | It is unclear what happened in the incident which led to Bronson's glasses being broken, but a HM Prison Service statement described it as a "control and restraint incident". |
| Inflatable doll | Inflatable doll |
| The statement said: "A prisoner has been offered compensation of under £200 after a control and restraint incident." | The statement said: "A prisoner has been offered compensation of under £200 after a control and restraint incident." |
| Bronson - who changed his name by deed poll from Michael Peterson in the 1980s - staged a 47-hour rooftop protest at Broadmoor in 1983, causing £750,000 of damage. | |
| In 1994, while he was holding a guard hostage at Woodhill Prison, Milton Keynes, he demanded an inflatable doll, a helicopter and a cup of tea as ransom. | In 1994, while he was holding a guard hostage at Woodhill Prison, Milton Keynes, he demanded an inflatable doll, a helicopter and a cup of tea as ransom. |
| Two months later, he held deputy governor Adrian Wallace hostage for five hours at Hull Prison, injuring him so badly he was off work for five weeks. | Two months later, he held deputy governor Adrian Wallace hostage for five hours at Hull Prison, injuring him so badly he was off work for five weeks. |
| In total, Bronson has been held at all three of Britain's security hospitals and at least 28 conventional prisons. | In total, Bronson has been held at all three of Britain's security hospitals and at least 28 conventional prisons. |
| However, in 1995 Bronson won the literary Koestler award for his writing about prison life called Living Legends. |