Paul Ferris, a Glasgow gangland enforcer who later became an author, has died at the age of 62. He is believed to have passed away on Tuesday night at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow following a short illness.
Ferris was acquitted in 1992 of the murder of crime boss Arthur Thompson's son, Arthur Thompson Jnr. His trial, which began that year, was described as the longest and most expensive criminal case in Scottish legal history, lasting 54 days and estimated to have cost £4 million. He was later jailed for seven years in 1998 for gun-running.
His first book, 'The Ferris Conspiracy', was published in 2001 and was later adapted into the 2013 film 'The Wee Man'. Photographer Brian Anderson, who announced Ferris's death, described him as a best-selling author and a "former notorious criminal."