The ‘Glenanne Gang’ were responsible for up to 120 murders, including the Dublin Monaghan bombings, the Miami Showband massacre, and scores of other sectarian killings.
A mix of loyalist paramilitaries and rogue members of the security forces, they were based in a Co Armagh farm owned by James Mitchell.
It has emerged in court that an RUC man tipped off Mitchell, a former police officer himself, about an imminent raid on the farm.
Jim Mitchell
Mitchell’s property was then hiding a massive loyalist arsenal – weapons smuggled in from South Africa.
Mitchell was a key member of the Glenanne Gang and has been implicated in more than 50 murders.
Martin Breen, Deputy Editor-in-Chief at Belfast Telegraph and Sunday Life, has had a run-in with Mitchell and has long followed the Glenanne Gang story. He explains what happened.
This episode was originally published in October 2023.The BelTel is revisiting three stories from Northern Ireland’s ‘Murder Triangle’ – an area which became infamous for brutal murders perpetrated during the Troubles by both Loyalist and Republican paramilitaries.
Northern Ireland’s ‘Murder Triangle’ (Part 2): The Butcher of Glennane
