In The Glasgow Curse, I promise to take the reader on an eye-opening journey where you will find out how I was born in Exeter Prison to a violent, schizophrenic mother. My upbringing in the East End of Glasgow was just as bleak, and I ended up in care, destined for a life of violence and insecurity. When I was only 15, I masterminded a daring break-in to a Glasgow pub, and many years of armed robberies, dealing class A drugs and gang fights followed. When I was not causing mayhem on the streets, I was serving terms in various young offenders’ institutions and maximum security prisons, where I was involved in some of the most serious prison riots and hostage taking of recent years. In the course of my criminal career I became closely associated with the infamous Paul Ferris, who was later to incriminate me as the murderer of fellow gangster Arthur Thompson Jr. Police also believed that I was the man behind the brutal double killing of Bobby Glover and Joe ‘Bananas’ Hanlon, but none of these charges was made to stick. Finally released from prison in 1998, I decided to walk away from a life of crime, but at first it proved impossible for me to break the way of life that had moulded me, and only in recent years have I found a measure of peace and stability. In this searing expose of the Glasgow underworld I reveal the true facts behind those crimes which I really committed, and those of which I am falsely accused. After a harrowing upbringing in Glasgow, as well as being related to one of the most notorious criminal families in Scotland, I embarked on a life of crime which is detailed in my book. Released from prison 14 years ago, I've finally found a way to put the past behind me. I now live peacefully in the Highlands of Scotland.