BRONSON: I'M NOT COMING OUT, MUM

Notorious lag devastated at parole denial

- DAN WARBURTON

CRUSHED Charles Bronson called his elderly mother after his freedom bid was denied, telling her: "I'm not coming out, Mum."

The notorious lag - who has held 11 hostages in nine different sieges during his 48 years in prison - had begged the Parole Board to set him free, claiming he was a "retired prison activist".

But yesterday he lost his eighth bid to be released and was told that he still poses a danger to the public.

Bronson, 70, now known as Charles Salvador which he claims means "man of peace" - was handed a letter in his cell at HMP Woodhill, Bucks, at 11.30am notifying him of the decision.

And last night his former wife Irene Dunroe, also 70, tearfully revealed the first call Bronson - who she calls by his birth name Mick Peterson - made was to his elderly mother, Eira. Irene, who married Bronson in 1972 and shares a son with him, said: "Mick called me and he's absolutely devastated.