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),
S. A. Wickramasinghe S. A. Wickramasinghe Dr. Sugiswara Abeywardena Wickramasinghe (13 April 1901 – 25 August 1981) was the founder of the Communist Party of Sri Lanka. The first Leftist to be elected to Ceylon State Council in 1931, he is considered as one of the leading political figures in the twentieth century of Sri Lanka. S. A. Wickramasinghe received his school education at Mahinda College, Galle. During his stay at Mahinda College, he joined the school societies and engaged in social services and Buddhist activities. Later he entered Ananda College, Colombo. There after he went to the Ceylon Medical College, and he