Yarrow studied Paterson’s records which had been sent down with him by Glasgow police.
A career criminal, Paterson had born in the East End of Glasgow and as a youth in the 1930’s had been recruited into the notorious Bridgeton Billy Boys who were led by Billy Fullerton, a former member of the British Fascists. The Billy Boys frequently fought with Catholic gangs such as the Norman Conks. Cut-throat razors were the weapons of choice for the gangs and Paterson had earned his ‘stripe’ during a particularly vicious war with the Conks. He had been sliced with a razor from the corner of his mouth across his cheek almost to his ear, resulting in the grotesque looking scar, the infamous ‘Glasgow Smile.’ He wore his smile as a badge of pride, to prove that he had been bloodied in the street warf
