ONE OF Britain’s most dangerous prisoners has donated artwork to an Arbroath charity.

Charles Bronson has spent only three months out of prison since he was jailed for robbery in 1974 when he was 19.

He has spent time in over 120 prisons, staged eight rooftop protests, assaulted 20 prison officers and caused £500,000 worth of damage to property.

Bronson has taken prisoners hostage on 10 occasions—one of whom he threatened to eat—and has served 28 years of his time in prison in solitary due to repeated attacks on staff and inmates.

He was given a life sentence in 2000 for a 44-hour hostage siege at Hull Prison in 1999, in which he tied up a teacher and held guards at bay with a spear.

Now he has donated several pieces of artwork to Arbroath fund-raiser Sue Smith, who is raising money for toddler Morgan Doyle (5), who suffers from Leigh’s Syndrome, and for sending parcels to Marines serving in Afghanistan.

Sue describes Bronson as a “family friend” and asked him if he would sign a calendar featuring marines from HM Condor in Arbroath.

He sent back the calendars along with signed artwork, all of which have been put on eBay.

Sue said, “Charlie’s work is exhibited all over the country. He’s become quite famous as an artist and to be honest I didn’t think that he would part with some artwork.

“Regardless of what people think of what he’s done over the years, he has done this out of kindness.”

She added, “He’s done this for the right reason. He’s not going to profit from it.”

Sue also has copies of the calendars signed by musicians Jake Burns from Stiff Little Fingers, Pauline Black from Selecter, Nick Welsh from Bad Manners, Roddy “Radiation” Byers from The Specials and Eric Faulkner from The Bay City Rollers.

Another calendar has been signed by the hosts of Loose Women lunchtime show and Louisa Lytton, who plays Ruby in Eastenders. These calendars will also be auctioned on eBay.