Richard Madeley clashes with Charles Bronson's fiancee Paula Williamson​ ​

The infamous criminal was wrongly said to have attacked a prison governor According to The Sun , Good Morning Britain bosses have acknowledged receiving a notice of legal action by Bronson, who has served 36 years in solitary confinement since he was first put away for armed robbery in 1974.

The newspaper also reports that Bronson told a friend during a phone cal that his mother had been left upset by the false claims.

He said: "My mum was upset over it.

"I promised her I wouldn't get involved in more violence. She believes me."

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Charles Bronson is suing Richard Madeley for defamation after something he said about him on Good Morning Britain.

It was wrongly reported on the ITV show last year that the notorious prisoner - who has changed his name to Charles Salvador in tribute to his love of art - had attacked a prison governor.

The hard man, 64, is now claiming that Richard slandered his name.

It came as Richard was interviewing former Coronation Street star Paula Williamson , who is engaged to Bronson.
He told the 37-year-old: "He keeps reoffending.

"We have his charge sheet. In his last incident he attacked a prison governor last year."

Paula told the host that her fiancé hadn't committed an offence since 2013, and at that point, Richard looked into the camera and said: "Charlie, you're watching now. You're lying.

"You know it was 2016 mate. It was, it was last year."

The 61-year-old went on to tell Paula: "He's a bad 'un and he's got a lot of form