Notorious prisoner Charles Bronson to face public parole hearing

Bronson has been in prison for much of the last 50 years, often spending time in solitary confinement or specialist units

Charles Bronson (Handout/PA)

Notorious prisoner Charles Bronson will make his latest bid for freedom at a public parole hearing this week.

The Parole Board review of one of the UK’s longest serving prisoners to decide whether he should remain behind bars begins on Monday, making him the second inmate in UK legal history to have his case heard in public.