On the day of Thompson Jr's funeral a car was found containing the bodies of two friends of Ferris, Robert Glover and Joe Hanlon, who were also suspected of involvement in his death and had been killed by gunshots to the back of the head and the anus. Their bodies had been dumped on the route of Fatboy's funeral procession, so that his hearse passed their dead bodies. There was to be further drama that day as there was also a bomb scare at the cemetery where Thompson Jr was due to be buried. Paul Ferris was charged with Arthur Thompson Jr's murder and tried in 1992 but was found not guilty and released. Over 300 witnesses, including Thompson Sr, were called to give evidence at a trial which lasted fifty four days and cost £4.1 million, at the time the longest and most expensive trial in Scottish legal history. Ferris claimed the younger Thompson had been shot by a hit man known only as "The Apprentice". He was acquitted of all charges. Death Thompson died at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary on 13 March 1993 from a heart attack at the age of 61. Other children Thompson's daughter, Margaret, died from a drug overdose in 1989. His other son, Billy, was stabbed and seriously wounded from the family home in 2000, but survived. Billy had recently served a prison sentence for possessing a harpoon gun. He had been given two-and-a-half years, reduced on appeal to 18 months. Billy died on 4 March 2017 as a result of his drug addiction. Thompson is survived by Tracey Thompson, his last remaining child. References Footnotes Sources Chasing Killers – Joe Jackson – Further reading The Ferris Conspiracy (12 March 2001, by Paul Ferris, with Reg McKay) External links http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/861134.stm https://web.archive.org/web/20051227034428/http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/s2.cfm?id=474552002 1931 births 1993 deaths Scottish gangsters British crime bosses Scottish drug traffickers People from Springburn 20th-century Scottish criminals Scottish male criminals Criminals from Glasgow British shooting survivors