Policeman;
Born: January 6, 1938; Died: July 18, 2012.
James Paterson, who had died aged 74, was a young apprentice mechanic who ended up becoming one of the UK's top police officers.
Born in the Borders, he joined the small Oldham Borough force after his national service and worked his way up through the ranks of detectives to become assistant chief constable, crime operations, of the vast Greater Manchester Police.
Please enable cookies in your browser to display the rest of this article.