The Shankill Butchers: A Case Study of Mass Murder
________________________________’This was the ultimate way to kill a man.’During the 1970s a group of Protestant paramilitaries embarked on a spree of indiscriminate murder which left thirty Northern Irish Catholics dead. Their leader was Lenny Murphy, a fanatical Unionist whose Catholic-sounding surname led to his persecution as a child for which he took revenge on all Catholics. Not for the squeamish, The Shankill Butchers is a horrifying detailed account of one of the most brutal series of murders in British legal history – a phenomenon whose real nature has been obscured by the troubled and violent context from which it sprang.
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________________________________’This was the final word solution to kill a person.’In the course of the 1970s a gaggle of Protestant paramilitaries launched into a spree of indiscriminate homicide which left thirty Northern Irish Catholics useless. Their chief was Lenny Murphy, a fanatical Unionist whose Catholic-sounding surname led to his persecution as a toddler for which he took revenge on all Catholics. Not for the squeamish, The Shankill Butchers is a horrifying detailed account of some of the brutal collection of murders in British authorized historical past – a phenomenon whose actual nature has been obscured by the troubled and violent context from which it sprang.
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