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Nathan Bevan

Paula Williamson dead: Coronation Street actress and Charles Bronson's ex-wife dies aged 38

The actress who married notorious prisoner Charles Bronson has been found dead, say Staffordshire Police.

Paula Williamson's body was found at a house in Sneyd Green in Stoke-on-Trent this morning.

The 38-year-old divorced from Bronson earlier this month.

She and the 66-year-old former bare knuckle boxer, whose mother is from Aberystwyth, were married in jail in November 2017.

However, their relationship had broken down by March of this year.

Paula Williamson's body was found this morning (Sunday Mirror)
Paula meets Eira Peterson, Charles Bronson's mother, at her home in Aberystwyth (Julian Hamilton/Sunday Mirror)

A statement from Staffordshire Police read: "A woman from Stoke-on-Trent who was found dead this morning has been named as Paula Williamson, aged 38.

"Paula’s body was found in a house on Gordon Avenue, Sneyd Green, at around 7am.  

"A post mortem will take place to establish the cause of death but the death is not being treated as suspicious.

"A report is now being prepared for the coroners.  Next of kin have been informed. The family have asked for their right to privacy to allow them to grieve at this difficult time."

Williamson, who appeared as a nurse on the Coronation Street and as a stripper in Emmerdale, married the man dubbed 'Britain's most notorious prisoner' inside the walls of HMP Wakefield in West Yorkshire.

Charles Bronson has spent the last 44 years behind bars (Sunday Mirror)

The ceremony was the subject of months of negotiations between Bronson's supporters and prison bosses and the likes of Katie Price's ex-lover and MMA fighter, Alex Reid, and reformed gangster, Dave Courtney, turned up at the reception.

However, the marriage fell apart after a photograph surfaced this time last year showing Paula with another man during a party on holiday in Tenerife.

On Sunday, Bronson - who now goes by the surname Salvador - that he'd found new love since the split. 

Newly wed Paula Williamson leaves Wakefield Prison after her marriage to Charles Bronson Also pictured is Bronson lookalike Timothy Crowley (SWNS.com)
Paula visits Charles Bronson at Wakefield Prison in Yorkshire (Daily Mirror)

"She's 63-years-old and absolutely stunning," he said.

"It's like I always say, stick to what you know, and my Joan comes from the same era and likes all the same things as me," said Bronson. 

"We're traditional and have the same style and attitudes to things. So she's an OAP, but so am I - we can be two old people together and I f***ing love it. Will we get married? Yes, but not until I'm out of here."

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