After a harrowing upbringing as part of one of the most notorious criminal families in the East End of Glasgow, William Lobban embarked on a life of crime that saw him mastermind armed robberies, drug dealing and gangland revenge attacks. In prison he was at the forefront of some of the most shocking hostage taking and riots, and he was wrongly accused of some of Glasgow's most notorious gangland murders.Finally released from prison in 1998, Lobban decided to walk away from crime but personal tragedy led him to a dependence on alcohol and drugs which nearly killed him. Only in recent years has he found a measure of peace and stability, and now lives peacefully in the highlands of Scotland. The Glasgow Curse is his story in his own words.