I hear that the Shankhill Butchers do some quality bigot chops and popeseye steaks. I watched the program last night and the CID guy they interviewed, Jimmy Nisbett, didn't come out of it looking to good. They had loads of people saying that pretty much everyone in the area knew who was behind it from the beginning, but Nisbett was adamant that the police had no idea.
Watched a programme about them before on BBC NI a few months ago. Not sure if it was the same one. My mates da done time with Lenny Murphy when he was younger.
I'm sure a few folk knew or know who they were, it's still pretty murky to this day who was involved. The problem the police had over here is that they often knew who the main paramilitaries were but without any evidence they couldn't really do anything. Even to this day they know who runs certain areas and rather than get them on a smaller charge they try and build a case against them.
Apparently Lenny Murphy became so ****ed up because all his mates used to wind him up about having a Catholic name as a kid. A friend of our family's father was murdered by the butchers.
Ffs, the police were almost as bigoted as the loyalist paramilitaries. You can be sure if the Falls Butchers existed they would have been got within a week. There were plenty of opportunities for the RUC to put a stop to it. Either they intentionally let it happen or were just lazy in their investigations because in their hearts they knew they loathed locking up the loyalists. Either way it almost amounted to criminal negligence.
Million and one reasons to be that ****ed up, I don't think a bit of high-school teasing does it, millions go through it and don't go on killing sprees, I think its a combination, ****ed up to begin with and social issues push you over the edge.
Never heard of these guys, but I've quickly gained the impression they weren't famous for making a right good steak pie.
Or they struggled to be effective civilian police when the entire provence was descending into a state of civil war.
Do you remember the Bellshill Butcher? You might have been a bit too young. Him and his partner had a butchers on Bellshill Main Street right up until the night he put him through the potted meat machine. If you canny mind it, ask yer folks.
I watched a bit of this. Murphy was so annoyed at his taig surname he went mental and started deheading kafflicks. yes deheading. absolute set of nutjobs. PS the bloody friday scene - cop shovelling human insides into a bin bag, nearly put me off my fried mars bar Edit: I was jopking about the 1st part until I read mick's post
