Charles Bronson raises thousands for mother's holiday through sale of paintings

 
Artwork: Charles Bronson's drawing of Broadmoor Lunatic Asylum
Rashid Razaq18 June 2014

Notorious convict Charles Bronson, one of Britain’s most violent prisoners, has raised thousands of pounds for a holiday for his mother through the sale of some of his works of art.

Paintings called Fantasy Impression, which showed Bronson on a beach, sold for £1,000, while two items, Broadmoor Lunatic Asylum and Self Portrait, each sold for £950 when they went under the hammer at the auction in Towcester, Northamptonshire.

Bronson’s painting, Impression of Bedlam sold for £680.

Auctioneer Jonathan Humbert, of JP Humbert Auctioneers, said Bronson asked for eight pieces to be sold after what was reported to be an attack on 12 guards at HMP Woodhill in Milton Keynes.

Bronson wanted to make up for upsetting his mother by getting involved in the alleged incident by helping her to get away, according to Mr Humbert.

It was claimed that furious Tottenham Hotspur fan Bronson went on the rampage in May while smeared with butter after arch-rivals Arsenal won the FA Cup.

The artworks belonged to Ronnie Kray and are among 150 lots from the estate of the East End gangster, who died in 1995, that are being sold by his second wife Kate.

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