Charles Bronson shows signs of PTSD, parole panel told

Charles Bronson, 1 of the UK's longest-serving prisoners, has signs of station traumatic accent upset (PTSD), a Parole Board sheet has heard.

A scientist said his symptoms were partially owed to "brutal and unacceptable treatment" portion successful prison.

"He feels similar the full strategy is astir humiliating and degrading him," she added.

The autarkic psychologist, hired by Bronson's ineligible team, told the sheet that his symptoms were "mild".

Bronson had been antecedently diagnosed with anti-social property upset and was "naturally somewhat suspicious of different people's motives", the scientist said.

He besides held "anti-authoritarian views", she added.

Bronson regarded himself arsenic a "retired situation activist", she said, astatine which constituent helium interrupted the hearing, saying: "It's the champion happening I ever hear."

The scientist said that erstwhile Bronson changed his past sanction to Salvador, it was not due to the fact that of his respect for the surrealist creator Salvador Dali, but due to the fact that of the meaning of the sanction Salvador successful Spanish, which she said meant "man of peace" - though a much accustomed translation was "saviour".

"Mr Salvador is ever going to worth unit and helium recovered unit cathartic successful the past," she said.

Bronson had immoderate psychopathic traits, she added, but she did not deliberation helium would beryllium diagnosed with Paranoid Personality Disorder.

In notation to a hostage concern astatine Hull Prison successful 1999, the scientist said Bronson needed to person "a cathartic experience".

He was astir to beryllium moved and "was acrophobic astir wherever helium mightiness spell and what situation officers helium mightiness meet," she said.

The captive is being held astatine a specializer adjacent supervision centre astatine Woodhill Prison successful Milton Keynes.

The psychologist, who was not named, said she believed helium would amended rapidly if moved retired of adjacent supervision.

He mightiness beryllium safer successful a little restrictive environment, she said, suggesting a situation with "open" conditions mightiness beryllium the cleanable situation for him.

"If I was to marque recommendations, I would similar to spot him moved down done security," she said.

As helium listened to her evidence, Bronson could beryllium seen mildly rocking successful his seat and sighing. He was wearing a achromatic T-shirt with achromatic penning connected it, dark, circular glasses, and helium was sipping from a portion carton utilizing a straw.

Giving grounds connected the aforesaid day, Bronson said helium present handled situations "100 times amended than I utilized to".

He added helium had eaten "more porridge than Goldilocks and the Three Bears, and I'm sick of it".

Members of the property and nationalist filled Court 76 astatine the Royal Courts of Justice to ticker the proceeding connected a unrecorded video link.

The Parole Board sheet is deciding whether helium is inactive a hazard to the public, oregon whether helium tin beryllium released from prison.

If they determine against releasing him, they are besides being asked to see allowing Bronson to beryllium moved to "open" situation conditions wherever helium would person overmuch much freedom.