A GLASGOW comedian whose dad was a bank robber has performed stand-up for lags in the city’s notorious Barlinnie prison.

Gary Faulds, 30, recently visited the Riddrie-based prison to put on a show for around 200 prisoners in D-Hall.

He joked: “I always do the same set and you are not going to believe what I did. There was around 200 guys and I went up on the stage, and the first thing I shouted was, ‘any couples in tonight?’ I thought I am going to die today.”

He added: “It was fitting for me to speak about my story with the added bonus of stand-up. My story is positive when it comes to walking away from crime.

“I was taken into D hall by the prison officer and I saw where the prisoners were living, and it was an amazing experience.

“Obviously my name is very well known in the East End of Glasgow. They were loving it and when I was introduced as Gary Faulds, I got a wee round of applause.”

Funnyman Gary, from Springburn, left behind his crime family roots to make a life with his wife Ashley, who is a born again Christian.

His father David was in and out of prison, including Barlinnie, for most of his life before he passed away, and Gary even describes his dad as the “world’s worst bank robber”.

Now busy father-of-five Gary works full-time and is pursuing his career as a professional comedian.

He will be one of the names at this year’s Whyte and Mackay Glasgow International Comedy Festival which takes place next month.

His headline show Welcome to Seshlehem has already sold out at The Stand Comedy Club on March 10. He, however, will also play at new city comedy venue La Rotunda on March 18.

And next year, he has an ambitious show planned at the Scottish Event Campus on June 18.

He said: "The last year has been phenomenal, I am getting so much noticed now and it scares me now.

"I really want this. I am never going to give up and I have so much energy the now that I want to go for it."