AN art teacher held at knife point for 48 hours by notorious prisoner Charles Bronson has said he would NOT object to his release.
Bronson, 70, was handed a life sentence for kidnapping Phil Danielson for 44 hours at Hull prison in 1999.
The art-loving lag attacked after Mr Danielson criticised one of his illustrations.
He then tied a skipping rope around the teacher's neck and tugged him about at knifepoint.
During the terrifying ordeal Bronson told Mr Danielson that he was going to stab him and ordered the art teacher to "take his last breath".
The Luton born criminal is now set for a Parole hearing which could led to him being freed from prison after 35 years inside.
Mr Danielson, now 60, in his first ever interview, told Channel 4 that he would not object to Bronson's release from prison.
Speaking to the makers of Bronson: Fit To Be Free?, he said: "Considering the length of the sentence I probably wouldn’t have many grounds to object.
“I don’t feel sorry for him but part of me thinks that maybe justice has been done.”
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Despite appearing to support Bronson's release Mr Danielson told the film makers that the incident left him traumatised for life and suffering from PTSD.
Recalling the ordeal, he said: “I remember him telling me: ‘Take your last breath because this knife is going in you.’ I was terrified out of my mind.”
The film, which aired on Monday night, includes video calls with Bronson recorded by his son George Bamby.
The interviews were recorded withoutthe permission of the authorities.
In the film Bronson was reluctant to show remorse for his crimes over recent decades. He has attacked over 20 people and taken 11 hostages over the years.
In CCTV footage shown the lag dances around naked in front of a riot squad on jail landing.
He goades the officers before collapsing on the floor when what appears to be tear gas is fired.
But despite his violent past, Bronson says his passion for art is his main purpose and he "swapped my sawn-off shotgun for a sawn-off paintbrush."
George Bamby said that his dad might revert to type if he was released from prison.
He said: "I could be being completely manipulated by my old dad and he could just get out of prison, fall out with me, kick the living s*** out of me and stab me with a bread knife.”
Born Michael Gordon Peterson, Bronson changed his name to Charles Bronson during a short stint of freedom in 1987.
He used his new persona to launch an illegal bare-knuckle fighting career, but returned to jail in 1988, keeping his new name.
After a string of violent incidents behind bars he was finally given a life sentence after kidnapping Mr Danielson in 1999 and causing serious destruction to the jail.
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After being held at a number of prisons across the country – including the likes of high security Broadmoor and Belmarsh – he returned to category-A HM Prison Woodhill in 2018, where he is currently incarcerated.
Bronson's Parole Board hearing is due to take place on 6 and 8 March at the Royal Courts of Justice in London.
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