PAUL Ferris was born in the Blackhill area of Glasgow in 1963 into a family steeped in violence.
As a child, Ferris was bullied for several years by members of a local criminal family, the Welshes, and his life of crime as a teenager began with a series of revenge knife attacks. After spending time in a Young Offenders Institution, Ferris became involved with Arthur Thompson's crime empire, aged 19, as an enforcer collecting debts.
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