Infamous inmate Charles Bronson got into a punch-up with a murderer at a Category A prison, it has been reported.
Bronson, 71, is said to have hit murderer Robert Donaldson with two hooks and two uppercuts when the killer attempted to attack him at a wing of Category A HMP Woodhill, in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, on Monday. A Prison Service spokesperson told The Mirror: “We do not tolerate violence in prisons and anyone who breaks the rules will be punished. It would be inappropriate to comment further while investigations are ongoing.”
Donaldson, 48, was jailed for the murder of Paul Bourke in 2005. He also gagged a deaf 100-year-old woman and beat up her 76-year-old son as they slept.
In 2014, Donaldson slashed the throat of a fellow HMP Grendon Underwood inmate using an improvised weapon which severed the jugular vein. He was moved to HMP Woodhill but Bronson was reportedly disgusted by his crimes and so avoided him.
An unnamed source told the MailOnline, that Donaldson angrily charged at Bronson with his fists raised and knocked into him as he walked down a landing last week. The source said: "Charlie knows this man's history. Donaldson has attacked older people in the same age bracket as Charlie and has also slashed the throat of another inmate using a concealed weapon.
"Charlie obviously feared the worst and could not know if this nasty piece of work was holding a weapon so, to defend himself, he hit Donaldson. It was two hooks and two uppercuts."
The source told the outlet Bronson had not been punished over the incident. An investigation into the fight has since been launched.
Bronson, who has since changed his name to Charles Salvador, has a lengthy criminal history and has spent much of his life in prison. He was convicted of wounding while inside prison in 1975, 1978 and 1985.
He was previously released in 1987 and 1992 but was jailed within weeks of each release. Bronson has also taken multiple hostages over the years, including deputy prison governor Aidan Wallace in 1994. The infamous criminal has also been denied parole multiple times and had been on track for another bid in 10 months.