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Lenny Murphy

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Irish gang leader (1952-1982)

United KingdomLived 1952 to 1982 · aged 30
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Hugh Leonard Thompson Murphy was a Northern Irish loyalist and UVF officer. As leader of the Shankill Butchers gang, Murphy was responsible for the murders of mainly Catholic civilians, often first kidnapping and torturing his victims.

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The Lawnbrook Social Club in Shankill Road's Centurion Street, one of Murphy's drinking haunts. It has since been demolishedThe Lawnbrook Social Club in Shankill Road's Centurion Street, one of Murphy's drinking haunts. It has since been demolished

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Hugh Leonard Thompson Murphy was a Northern Irish loyalist and UVF officer. As leader of the Shankill Butchers gang, Murphy was responsible for the murders of mainly Catholic civilians, often first kidnapping and torturing his victims. Due to a lack of evidence, Murphy was never brought to trial for these killings, for which some of his followers had already received long sentences in 1979.

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United Kingdom
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deceased
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Lived 1952 to 1982 · aged 30
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6 languages

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