James Craig (loyalist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Northern Irish loyalist supporter of the Ulster Defence Association
Date of Birth: 17-Nov-1941
Place of Birth: Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 15-Oct-1988
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About James Craig (loyalist)
- James Pratt Craig (17 November 1941 – 15 October 1988) was an Ulster loyalist paramilitary during The Troubles in Northern Ireland in the latter half of the 20th Century, who was a member of the Ulster Defence Association (UDA), and was a command member of its Inner Council.
- He also ran a criminal large-scale protection racket from the West Belfast Shankill Road area, where he resided.
- Described by journalist David McKittrick as "Belfast's foremost paramilitary extortionist", Craig allegedly colluded at times with the enemies of the UDA, Irish Republican groups such as the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) and Irish National Liberation Army (INLA), providing them with information on key loyalists which led to their subsequent murders.
- Aside from controlling rackets and extorting protection money from a variety of businesses, it was claimed that Craig also participated in paramilitary murders.He was accused by the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) of setting up the assassinations of some of their key members by IRA hit squads, such as Shankill Butcher Lenny Murphy, John Bingham, and William "Frenchie" Marchant in the 1980s.
- Craig was murdered by the UDA, using their cover name of the Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF), for alleged "treason" as it was believed he had passed information to the IRA regarding South Belfast UDA commander John McMichael, who was killed by an IRA booby-trap car bomb in December 1987.
- Craig was shot dead in The Castle Inn, a pub in Beersbridge Road, East Belfast.
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