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A shiv, also chiv, schiv, shivvie, or shank, [1] [2] is a handcrafted bladed weapon resembling a knife that is commonly associated with prison inmates. Since weapons are prohibited in prisons, the intended mode of concealment is central to a shiv's construction.
Murphy was the second of three sons born to William and Joyce Murphy, the others being William (eldest) and Lenny Murphy (youngest). Outside his paramilitary career, little is known about him, although Martin Dillon, author of a book on the "Shankill Butchers", wrote that John and William acted as muscle for their younger brother when the latter was engaged in petty crime at school.
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Title "Prisons". Case 7268. Stephen Livingstone, Tim Owen and Alison Macdonald. Prison Law. Fourth Edition. Oxford University Press. 2008. Paragraphs 13.47 and 14.62 at page 523 and 601. Julian B Knowles. Blackstone's Guide to the Extradition Act 2003. Oxford University Press. 2004. Pages 66, 69 and 97.