Prison picture shows Charles Manson 40 years on

Mass murderer: Charles Manson in court in 1970 and the new picture
Ed Harris13 April 2012

A new photograph of Charles Manson has been released for the first time in almost four decades, revealing that the mass murderer is now bald with a grey beard.

The image of 74-year-old Manson was taken as part of a routine update of files on inmates at Corcoran State Prison in California, where he is serving a life sentence for conspiring to murder seven people.

Among those killed by Manson cult members in Los Angeles in 1969 were actress Sharon Tate, Roman Polanski's wife.

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