Jimmy Boyle (artist) Jimmy Boyle (artist) James Boyle (born 17 May 1944) is a Scottish gangster and convicted murderer who became a sculptor and novelist after his release from prison. In 1967, he was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of another gangland figure, William "Babs" Rooney, but released after 14 years. He has always denied killing Rooney but has acknowledged having been a violent and sometimes ruthless moneylender from the Gorbals, one of the roughest areas of Glasgow. During his incarceration in the special unit of Barlinnie Prison, he turned to art and wrote an autobiography, "A Sense of Freedom" (1977),
Bernie S was moved to a high-security facility, where he was attacked by a fellow inmate and suffered a broken arm and jaw. After a letter writing campaign, a telephone campaign and a physical demonstration outside the prison where he was housed, on September 13, 1996 Bernie S. was released on parole. Bernie S Bernie S. (born Edward Cummings) is a computer hacker living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a regular panelist on the WBAI radio show "Off the Hook". In 2001 he appeared in "Freedom Downtime", a documentary produced by 2600 Films. In 1995, the police department of Haverford Township, Pennsylvania