John Murphy (loyalist)

John Alexander Thompson Murphy (26 August 1950 – 10 August 1998)^[1] was a Northern Irish loyalist. He was one of the three leading men in the "Shankill Butchers", an Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) gang.

Early life

Murphy was the second of three sons born to William and Joyce Murphy, the others being William (eldest) and Lenny Murphy (youngest). Outside his paramilitary career, little is known about him, although Martin Dillon, author of a book on the "Shankill Butchers", wrote that John and William acted as muscle for their younger brother when the latter was engaged in petty crime at school.^[2]

Paramilitary activity

According to Dillon, John Murphy was party to the murder of rival loyalist Noel "Nogi" Shaw on 30 November 1975. After being shot in a loyalist drinking-den, Shaw's body was thrown into a laundry basket and dumped in an alleyway. He played an important role in passing orders to the "Butchers" from his brother Lenny, after the latter's imprisonment in March 1976.

Other than being convicted, along with several of the "Butchers", with an assault on a man which occurred on 11 April 1977,^[3] John Murphy was never charged with involvement in the activities of the Butchers.^[4]

Later life

After Lenny's assassination, his elder brothers returned to domestic life in the Shankill. Martin Dillon wrote that the two brothers were overheard discussing the possibility of killing him (Dillon) for what he wrote about them in his book, The Shankill Butchers: a case study of mass murder.^[5] In 1998, Murphy's nephew William, son of his brother William, was arrested and remanded in prison for the murder of a 78-year-old in the Shankill Road area. His nephew was convicted of murder in January 1999 and received a life sentence. A suspended sentence was imposed on William Murphy (the elder) for possession of ammunition uncovered during a search of the family home in Battenberg Street. ^{[citation needed]}

Death

John Murphy died on 10 August 1998 in a car crash at the junction of the Grosvenor Road and the Westlink in Belfast.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Jordan, Milestones in Murder, pp. 194–5
^ Dillon, Shankill Butchers, p. 6
^ Dillon, pp. 268–71
^ Jordan, Milestones in Murder p. 194
^ Dillon, Shankill Butchers (2nd edition), postscript

Sources

Dillon, Martin The Shankill Butchers: a case study of mass murder (First and second editions, Arrow Books, London, 1990; Routledge, London, 1999).
Jordan, Hugh Milestones in Murder. Defining moments in Ulster's terrorist war (Mainstream Publishing, Edinburgh and London, 2002)
Taylor, Peter Loyalists (Bloomsbury, London, 1999)

v t e Ulster Volunteer Force
During the Troubles
Chiefs of Staff	Gusty Spence (1966) Samuel McClelland (1966–1973) Jim Hanna (1973–1974) Ken Gibson (1974) Unnamed Chief of Staff (1974–1975) Tommy West (1975–1976) John "Bunter" Graham (1976-date)
Belfast Brigade members	Robert Bates John Bingham Frankie Curry David Ervine Billy Giles Mark Haddock Billy Hutchinson Trevor King Bobby McKee Jackie Mahood William "Frenchie" Marchant Billy Mitchell William Moore John Murphy Lenny Murphy Clifford Peeples Brian Robinson George Seawright Robert "Squeak" Seymour William Smith Billy Spence Harry "Harmless" Stockman James "Tonto" Watt
Mid-Ulster Brigade members	Harris Boyle Mark "Swinger" Fulton William James Fulton Billy Hanna Robin Jackson Richard Jameson Robin King Billy McCaughey Robert McConnell David Alexander Mulholland Lindsay Robb Wesley Somerville John Weir Billy Wright
Red Hand Commando members	Frankie Curry Billy Elliot John McKeague Winston Churchill Rea Wiliam Smith Michael Stone
Units and groups	Glenanne gang Shankill Butchers Protestant Action Force Young Citizen Volunteers
Actions	RTÉ Studio bombing (1969) Battle of St Matthew's (1970) McGurk's Bar bombing (1971) Battle at Springmartin (1972) Imperial Hotel bombing (1972) Belturbet bombing (1972) 1972 and 1973 Dublin bombings Rose & Crown Bar bombing (1974) Dublin and Monaghan bombings (1974) 1975 Conway's Bar attack (1975) Bleary Darts Club shooting (1975) Strand Bar bombing (1975) Miami Showband killings (1975) Donnelly's Bar and Kay's Tavern attacks (1975) October 1975 Northern Ireland attacks Reavey and O'Dowd killings (1976) Hillcrest Bar bombing (1976) Charlemont pub attacks (1976) Chlorane Bar attack (1976) Ramble Inn attack (1976) Glasgow pub bombings (1979) Avenue Bar shooting (1988) 1991 Cappagh killings (1991) 1991 Drumbeg killings 1991 Craigavon killings Loughinisland massacre (1994) 1994 Dublin-Belfast train bombing (1994) Quinn brothers' killings (1998) Murders of Andrew Robb and David McIlwaine (2000)
Prominent victims	Jim Hanna (1974) John Francis Green (1975) Billy Hanna (1975) The Miami Showband (1975) Maire Drumm (1976) Larry Marley (1987) Martin Doherty (1994) Jackie Coulter (2000) Tommy English (2000)
Related articles	Combined Loyalist Military Command Loyalist feud Loyalist Volunteer Force Progressive Unionist Party Tara Ulster Army Council Ulster Constitution Defence Committee Ulster loyalism Ulster Loyalist Central Co-ordinating Committee Ulster Volunteers Ulster Workers' Council strike Volunteer (Ulster loyalist) Volunteer Political Party
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