Who is Mr A Shankill Butchers?
John Alexander Thompson Murphy (26 August 1950 – 10 August 1998) was a loyalist from Belfast, Northern Ireland. He was one of the three leading men in the “Shankill Butchers”, an Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) murder gang.
What happened to Martin Dillon?
In 1976, a 30-year-old lawyer named Martin Dillon was killed by a single shotgun blast to the chest while he was skeet shooting at Gunsmoke, the property Dillon’s family owned in Brackney. Dillon wasn’t alone though. His best friend, 36-year-old Dr.
Is the UVF still active?
In November 2013, after a series of shootings and acts of intimidation by the UVF, Police Federation Chairman Terry Spence declared that the UVF ceasefire was no longer active. Spence told Radio Ulster that the UVF had been “engaged in murder, attempted murder of civilians, attempted murder of police officers.
Who killed the Shankill Butchers?
Four days before his death, Waller had been involved in the abduction and murder of the Butchers’ first victim, Francis Crossen. One day after Waller’s death, Shaw was beaten and pistol-whipped by Murphy while strapped to a chair, then shot. His body was later dumped in a back street off the Shankill.
Who killed Frankie Curry?
Death and aftermath On St Patrick’s Day, 17 March 1999, a group of UDA members from North Down who were friends of “Wassy” Paul swooped on Curry on the Shankill Road and shot him dead as he left the Shankill Community Centre.
Who murdered Martin Dillon?
Stephen Scher
Stephen Scher, who was serving a life sentence for the 1976 murder of his friend Martin Dillon, died of natural causes at the State Correctional Institute at Laurel Highlands in Somerset County on Aug. 9. He was 70.
Was Lenny Murphy a Catholic?
Hugh Leonard Thompson Murphy, best known as Lenny Murphy (2 March 1952 – 16 November 1982), was an Ulster loyalist. As leader of the Shankill Butchers gang, Murphy was responsible for many murders, mainly of Catholic civilians, often first kidnapping and torturing his victims….
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Are there still paramilitaries in Northern Ireland?
Paramilitaries remain “a clear and present danger” in Northern Ireland, a report on their activities has found. Street disorder linked to Brexit has led to speculation about a resurgence of activity, says the Independent Reporting Commission (IRC) report.
Are loyalists Catholic or Protestant?
Unionists and loyalists, who for historical reasons were mostly Ulster Protestants, wanted Northern Ireland to remain within the United Kingdom. Irish nationalists and republicans, who were mostly Irish Catholics, wanted Northern Ireland to leave the United Kingdom and join a united Ireland.
What happened Patricia Scher?
Scher died of natural causes while serving his sentence at the State Correctional Institute at Laurel Highlands in Somerset County in 2010. He was 70-years-old. What happened to Dillon’s widow? In 1998, Patricia was found guilty of lying about the affair she was having with Scher before her husband was murdered.