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Joseph Paul Murray Jr.

Released
Full name:Joseph Murray
Gender:Male
Era:1980s
Support
Irish Republicanism Anti-Imperialism Irish Republican Army
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Biography

Joseph Paul Murray Jr. organised the American end of the 1984 arms shipment carried by the trawler Valhalla and transferred to the Marita Ann off the Irish coast, the largest attempted arms delivery to the Irish Republican Army from the United States. He received ten years; his co-defendants Patrick Nee and Robert Andersen received four years each.

Case

Charges: Arms trafficking.
Sentence: Ten years. Charges as recorded: Arms trafficking — the American end of the 1984 Valhalla and Marita Ann shipment to the Irish Republican Army.
Convicted: Yes