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| Welsh life-prisoner claims MI5 wanted him to spy on Islamists | ||
| 2008-02-03 | ||
Notorious lifer Charles Bronson believes MI5 tried to recruit him to spy on Islamic extremists in the wake of September 2001. The Aberystwyth-born hardman, who has been behind bars for all but three months since he was caged for robbery in 1974, makes the bizarre claim in his new autobiography, Loonyology.
Bronson, whose prisoner number is BT1314, said: “My outer door opened this day and there stood two very well dressed men. They looked official. One had a file under his arm, the other had these deep set eyes that never left my eyes. “‘It felt very tense and unreal. ‘Who are you?’ I growled. “The one with the file smiled and said, ‘It’s not who we are, it’s what we are.’ The other then said, ‘We have a deal for you.’ I was by now getting angry and anxious as I did not know who they was. “‘Who are you?’ The one said, ‘If you do us a favour, we will do you one.’ I was even more confused.” The pair went on to ask if Bronson would like to move to a more ‘normal’ wing at Belmarsh Prison. One said: “Look Ali. We want you to infiltrate the Muslim inmates in Belmarsh and find out what’s what. Everybody knows you. You’re the most infamous con in the UK. They will trust you. Tell you things. Now you’re Ahmed Ali Muslim.” Bronson could not believe his ears. He said: “I really was in shock but not so much to realise I was being asked to be a spy. Me. Me of all people. You just could not make this s*** up. "I could maybe, but you - never!" Never in my life have I been put into this position.” Bronson said he felt so angry that he spat through the cage and told them to forgot it. “I’m nobody’s spy. As a screw appeared from nowhere to shut the door, the one with the file was wiping the spit off his face and said: “Ahmed that will cost you.” Bronson added: “I swear I did not know who they were. I’ve never seen them since. Nothing like this has ever happened before or after and my lawyer knows all about it. It’s on file. The screws and prison governor denied it ever happening although there is CCTV outside my door. It’s a mystery I have to live with.” | ||
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #5 One never knows - his notoriety + prison experience, etc. is what makes him VALUABLE = [read- PDENIABLE] in case something goes wrong and Govt Agencies-Elements are detrimentally implicated. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-02-03 17:24 |
| #4 But in the book he says in December 2001.. he was visited by two spooks eager for him to infiltrate the Muslim prison population. Bronson added: “I swear I did not know who they were. I’ve never seen them since. Let me get this straight, at the time, he was sooo angry about being asked him to spy, but he's just now talking about it? Me thinks he doth protest too much. An apostate spy in the prison system. Not gonna be pretty. |
| Posted by: Butch Ununs2831 2008-02-03 15:56 |
| #3 And in 2004: Bronson, now calling himself Ali Charles Ahmed, has served time in 120 prisons, staged eight rooftop protests, assaulted 20 prison officers and caused £500,000 worth of damage. He has held hostages on 10 occasions, threatening to eat one. His barrister, Daniel Whitehouse, likened him to the World War II fugitive Anne Frank, claiming his actions were justified in the same way as the young girl would have been forgiven for stealing a car to escape Nazi rule. Lord Justice Rose demurred, saying quietly: "I don't think we are in Anne Frank territory here." Except that time Anne Frank went fully mental and kidnapped SS guards and threatened to eat them and then the Nazis bought her Calvin Klein sunglasses. Man, that was off the hook. |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2008-02-03 11:25 |
| #2 Shady character: Charles Bronson in prison in 1999. |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2008-02-03 11:19 |
| #1 "No way, coppers! I got standards!" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-02-03 07:19 |