Armed robber married in jail

London - The fiancee of one of Britain's most dangerous prisoners arrived at a top security jail in a white stretch limousine…

London - The fiancee of one of Britain's most dangerous prisoners arrived at a top security jail in a white stretch limousine yesterday to marry her sweetheart.

Bangladeshi-born Saira Rehman (31) was wearing a traditional Asian wedding gown when she arrived at Woodhill Prison, Milton Keynes, to marry armed robber and serial hostage-taker Charles Bronson.

Bronson (48), who changed his name from Michael Peterson in honour of the star of the Death Wish films, has spent the past 27 years in jail and will not be eligible for parole until 2010. Divorcee Ms Rehman, who has only met him three times, married him at 9.30 a.m. in a 10-minute ceremony being held in a room in the segregation block of the maximum security prison.

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