The letter delivered last week to Mr Charles Salvador, of HMP Woodhill, from the parole board did not bring him the news he wanted – it said his request to be released from prison had been turned down. But the outcome came as no surprise to me, nor I suspect many of the others who had watched his parole hearing by video-link at the Royal Courts of Justice in London in March.
The conclusions that the parole panel reached were not rocket science, they were just common sense
Salvador, whose birth name is Michael Peterson and who was previously known as Charles Bronson, has spent most of the past 50 years in custody. He has an appalling record of violence, including attacks on prison staff, and although there are signs he has mellowed in the last few years and is better able to control his anger and frustration, the evidence was clear: he is not ready to be let out of prison.
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