Edward Butler (Irish republican)

Edward Butler (17 April 1949 – 2 May 2024) is a former member of both the Official Irish Republican Army and the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA). He was part of different IRA units based in Ireland and then England. Butler and three others were called the "Balcombe Street Gang" or the "Balcombe Street Four" by news media during a five-day siege in the street of that name near Marylebone station, London. He and his co-accused were gaoled for seven murders plus other charges.