Charles Bronson

Irene Dunroe insists Britain's most notorious prisoner is 'not into crime anymore'

"He said he can't wait to get out and buy lots of clothes. Irene said she was horrified on the day Mick got jailed for armed robbery in 1974 and when his sentence continued to get extended during his time inside, she decided to divorce him around four years later. Irene said Bronson is hoping he will be released from prison following a parole hearing this year and plans to take her out for a meal. We used to go to a road with lots of these on and Mick used to stop the pram, put the brake on and he'd start climbing up onto these walls and look into the gardens. Irene said: "I just want him out of prison. She said: "He used to disappear for a week every now and again. "It has affected me, it has been a horrible experience - and the fact that the house was raided as well. "People said I might be able to help other women who have gone through the same situation to show you can move on with your life and you can survive that, although there's a lot of repercussions", Irene said. The couple's marriage came just two years before Bronson was jailed for the first time in 1974 - but it wasn't until he was sentenced in court that Irene said she found out about the crimes he had committed. Irene said: "The prison had to get him glasses because of being kept in the dark all the time. "It's no wonder - if you treat an animal [badly] constantly that animal over time is going to turn, and that's what he's done." He was released in 1988 for a short time before returning to jail soon after.