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),
A. S. A. Sami A. S. A. Sami Arul Soosai Anthony Sami (1915–1998) better known as A. S. A. Sami (also written as A. S. A. Samy) was an Indian director and screenwriter who worked in Tamil films. Born in 1915, A. S. A. Samy hails from a devout Catholic family. His father had a business enterprise in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). He spent his young life there and had his education in Colombo. He became a B. A. (Honours) graduate passing the exam conducted by the University of London. He started his career as a teacher in a college in Colombo. He studied