i ve got a horrible, nasty, vicious, violent past. i ve never killed anyone. charles bronson speaking on a channel a documentary. he has, though, harmed many people. the 70 year old was convicted of armed robbery and wounding under his real name, michael peterson, in 197a. a year later, he attacked another inmate with a glass jug and became notorious for assaulting prisoners and staff. his offending continued. his sentences increased. all told, he said he held 11 hostages in nine different sieges. among them, his own solicitor and a prison librarian, for whom he demanded a ransom of a helicopter, a cup of tea and an inflatable doll. he s been involved in rooftop protests and repeated violence against inmates. in 2014, he received a two year sentence for holding a prison governor in a headlock. now he says he s changed. never harmed a woman, never harmed a child. i m focused, i m sound. i can actually smell