1980s 1990s On 14 November 1992, the Ulster Defence Association (UDA), a loyalist paramilitary group, launched an attack on James Murray's bookmakers on the Oldpark Road in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

'C Company' of the UDA West Belfast Brigade, led by Johnny Adair, had been particularly active throughout the year, killing several Catholic civilians.

[3] In the afternoon of 14 November 1992 two UDA men entered James Murray's bookmakers on the Oldpark Road in a mainly Catholic area of north Belfast.

[5] In March 1993, an IRA unit from Ardoyne shot dead UDA member Norman Truesdale in his shop at the junction of the Oldpark Road and Century Street.

At the time, his family claimed he had no paramilitary links, but his brother later stated his belief that he was involved in the shooting at James Murray's bookmakers,[8] and a UDA mural was painted in the area in his memory.