Faces of the terrorists and the criminal who didn't get away
WEBPeter Sherry. Sherry, 39, was one of a five-strong team of Provisional IRA members all jailed for life in 1986 for an offensive in London and at 12 seaside resorts a year earlier. Sherry...
First of repatriated prisoners released – The Irish Times
WEBNov 14, 1998 · Mr Peter Sherry, from Lurgan, Co Armagh, who was serving a life term with a stipulation from his trial judge that he serve at least 20 years in prison, is the first of the group of repatriated...
Portrait of an IRA active service unit – Nick Davies
WEBJun 15, 1986 · The key man in this second stage is believed to have been Peter Sherry, aged 30, also convicted last week, and said by security sources to be one of the top dozen gunmen in Northern Ireland.
New book reveals inside story of IRA bomb team capture
WEBApr 3, 2023 · In his book, Mr Carroll tells how Magee was caught after he met with another IRA man, Dungannon native Peter Sherry, who was under surveillance at the time. In June 1985 Sherry, a former...
How police foiled an IRA cell in Glasgow plotting to kill former …
WEBApr 9, 2023 · One showed a slim man with brown hair who was to be spirited to Scotland aboard the Ballykern coal boat. His name was Peter Sherry, a commander in the Provisional IRA.
Martina Anderson, the IRA and her Disappeared Victims
WEBMay 20, 2019 · Martina Anderson was arrested in Glasgow with Patrick Magee, Gerald McDonnell [Maze escapee], Peter Sherry, Donal Craig, Ella O’Dwyer and Una Lowney on 24 June 1985. A large cache of weapons, ammunition, detonators and explosives was discovered nearby.
New book looks at Strathclyde Police operation taking down IRA …
WEBApr 2, 2023 · The previous day the RUC had shadowed an IRA man, Peter Sherry, who sailed from Belfast to Ayr in a coal boat, his purpose unknown. He made his way to Carlisle, where Met undercover officers...
Killing Thatcher reveals how Brighton Bomber was caught in Carlisle
WEBApr 26, 2023 · "The Royal Union Constabulary (RUC) was following Peter Sherry, a known IRA man, who had travelled from Belfast to Scotland by coal boat disguised as a worker. "Eventually, he took a train from...
‘Security services lost track of IRA’s Thatcher bombers’ caught in ...
WEBApr 2, 2023 · Police trailing another suspect Peter Sherry arrested bomber Patrick Magee at an IRA safe house in Glasgow, as he planned further attacks.
If I’d known when Magee was coming out of prison, said Tebbit, …
WEBMar 27, 2023 · IRA accomplices: Ella O’Dwyer, top, and Peter Sherry. After eluding police, the Brighton bomber was planning a new wave of attacks – until a chance sighting sparked a frantic pursuit. But for some victims, jail wasn’t enough.