Paul John Ferris (born 10 November 1963 [1]) is a Scottish author and organised crime figure. Ferris was an enforcer for Glasgow 'Godfather' Arthur Thompson in the early 1980s. Known for his ruthlessness and extreme violence, he rose to a …

Nov 28, 2019 · Paul Ferris, who was 28 at the time, was charged with murdering Thompson by shooting him in the head and body. The trial began in March 1992. Gang boss Arthur Thompson Snr was a key witness at...

Dec 31, 2024 · Paul Ferris was a trusted enforcer for crime lord Arthur Thompson, and was later cleared of a shooting, a murder and drugs and firearms charges before being caged for gunrunning.

Dec 30, 2024 · After being acquitted of murder, conspiracy, drug trafficking, attempted murder and assault, the notorious gangland figure was finally brought to heel on gun running charges in 1998 with the help...

Nov 15, 2013 · Police in Glasgow have spent 20 years trying to catch the killer of Paul Hamilton, a small-time crook who became a key player in the city’s most explosive gangland murder trial. Now a leading...

Nov 18, 2011 · PAUL FERRIS: Bernard O’Mahoney says of Ferris in Faces: “Paul Ferris has been accused of many things in his life, some true, some not. What’s not in dispute is that he spent 25 years as one of...

Dec 1, 2024 · PAUL Ferris has revealed plans for a second movie about his life and crimes. The ex-hood’s announcement came 11 years after Martin Compston starred as him in The Wee Man.

He was accused — and sensationally acquitted — of killing the gang boss’s son, who was shot outside the family home in 1991. Ferris was also found not guilty of other offences including drug trafficking, conspiracy and possession of firearms.

Mar 1, 2001 · Arthur Thompson, Godfather of the crime world and senior partner of the Krays, recruited young Paul Ferris as a bagman, debt collector, and equalizer. By the age of 21 Ferris had become Glasgow's most feared gangster, deemed a risk to national security.

Paul Ferris, the former Scottish gangland enforcer, has told how he regrets “wasting his life” and the impact his image has had on his children.Ferris, 55, was a debt collector for the late Arthur Thompson Sr, known as “the Godfather”, and a key player in a …