Much of what is known about the Butchers came first from Martin Dillon's The Shankill Butchers: A Case Study of Mass Murder(1989 and 1998). It was Moore who provided the black taxi and butcher knives which the gang used to carry out its killings. William Moore, often known as Billy Moore (1949 – 17 May 2009), was an Ulster loyalist from Belfast, Northern Ireland.He was a member of the Shankill Butchers, an Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) gang. Murphy's associate, Tommy Stewart, battered Donegan to death with a shovel. He was stabbed, had his wrists slashed a number of times by Moore and McAllister, using a smallish knife, and was dumped in a back entry. Turgon on May 23, 2009, 9:13 pm 87 Comments | Readers 1108. ‎ _____ 'This was the ultimate way to kill a man.' The Shankill Butchers' true leader has been named in a graphic exposé on the UVF and its most notorious sectarian murder gang. Showing all 1 items Jump to: Release Dates (1) Also Known As (AKA) (0) Release Dates USA 30 October 2018: Also Known As (AKA) It looks like we don't have any AKAs for this title yet. Joseph Donegan, a middle-aged Catholic on his way home, hailed the vehicle and got in. He was dragged into the taxi by Benjamin Edwards and Archie Waller, two of Murphy's gang. Three more Catholic men from North Belfast were subsequently kidnapped, tortured and hacked to death in the same way as before. [25] Murphy and Moore shot dead Edward McQuaid, a Catholic man, on the Cliftonville Road on 10 January 1976. Moore was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland and brought up a Protestant in the staunchly Ulster loyalist Shankill Road. In May 1975, following his release from prison, Murphy formed his … The victims were Stephen McCann (21), a Queen's University student murdered on 30 October 1976; Joseph Morrissey (52), killed on 3 February 1977; and Francis Cassidy (43), a dock-worker who was killed on 30 March 1977. Shankill Butchers. William Moore, often known as Billy Moore (1949 – 17 May 2009), was an Ulster loyalist from Belfast, Northern Ireland.He was a member of the Shankill Butchers, an Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) gang. The Butchers were also involved in the murder of Noel Shaw, a loyalist from a rival UVF unit, who had shot dead Butcher gang-member Archie Waller in Downing Street, off the Shankill Road, in November 1975. wonderbreadlandon February 18, 2006 Link. Chris Dye (2) Engineer. [22] She accused the police of continual harassment of her son since his recent release from prison and said that he was planning to leave the country as soon as his divorce came through. Abducted, tortured, and beaten to death; found in an entry off Brookmount Street. The gang used the services of the UVF's leading bomb expert James "Tonto" Watt to plant the device, although Watt was not a member of the Brown Bear platoon. Enraged, Murphy had the gunman, former loyalist prisoner Noel "Nogi" Shaw, brought before a kangaroo court in the Lawnbrook Club, one of his Shankill drinking dens. Am F E They're sharpening their cleavers and their knives, and taking all their whiskey by the pint. [3], In May 1975, Murphy was released from prison, where he had married Margaret Gillespie. Members of the gang also carried out a bombing mission on the Falls Road that killed a 10-year-old Catholic boy on 10 April 1977. They in no way reflect my own opinions and I take no responsibility for any inaccuracies or factual errors ———————————————————————————————————————- See Lenny Murph… Abigail Washburn Liner Notes. 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