Paul Ferris has avoided a life of crime for 21 years after being spooked by MI5 probing his gangland activities, he has revealed.
Former enforcer Ferris was one of the country’s most feared men during a criminal career in which he walked free from a murder charge and was caged for gun-running.
He was a trusted associate of Glasgow crime lord Arthur Thompson, who was dubbed “The Godfather” and had links to London mobsters the Kray twins.