Stakeknife

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Stakeknife has previously been named as 73-year-old west Belfast man Freddie Scappaticci (centre in a file image from 1987) who denies he was Stakeknife, or a British spy. Photograph: Pacemaker
Stakeknife investigation: PPS decides not to charge four people

Northern Correspondent Four people, including two former MI5 officers, will not face charges in connection with an investigation into the agent code(...)

Freddie Scappaticci in west Belfast in 2003. He has been named as the British agent code-named Stakeknife. He denies this. Photograph: Pacemaker
Soldiers and ex-IRA members questioned about Stakeknife

Serving and former members of the British army as well as former members of the IRA have been questioned about the activities of the army agent Stakek(...)

Judges at the High Court in Belfast dismissed a bid by Frank Mulhern challenging the Public Prosecution Service’s alleged failure to have Freddie Scappaticci face perjury proceedings.
Father of IRA victim loses battle against NI prosecutors

The father of an IRA murder victim has lost a High Court battle to have perjury charges brought against a west Belfast man for denying he was the top (...)

The case centres on an affidavit sworn by Freddie Scappaticci in 2003 during his own failed attempt to force the British government to state he was not the army’s highest-ranking spy inside the IRA.
Decision not to bring perjury charges against Freddie Scappaticci ‘flawed’

A decision not to bring perjury charges against a west Belfast man for denying his role as the top British agent “Stakeknife” was flawed, the High Cou(...)

In 2003, Stakeknife was widely named as west Belfast man Freddie Scappaticci but he has always strongly denied the allegation
Detectives granted extra 36 hours to question Scappaticci

Detectives have been granted additional time to question a man widely named as the British army’s notorious IRA agent Stakeknife. A team of independ(...)

Fred Scappaticci pictured in west belfast in 2003. Photograph: Pacemaker Belfast
Detectives arrest ‘Stakeknife’ in IRA agent investigation, sources say

A man widely named as the UK Army’s notorious IRA agent Stakeknife has been arrested by detectives, sources said. Freddie Scappaticci has always stro(...)

The continued failure to charge Freddie Scappaticci with perjury cannot be justified, the High Court in Belfast was told.
Legal bid to have perjury charges brought against Freddie Scappaticci

The father of an IRA murder victim is mounting a legal bid to have perjury charges brought against a west Belfast man for denying he was the top Briti(...)

Bedfordshire police chief constable Jon Boutcher, who is heading up the investigation into IRA agent Stakeknife, at the Culloden Hotel in Belfast. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire
Stakeknife investigator uncovers ‘significant’ new evidence

Significant new evidence has been uncovered by an English police chief investigating more than 50 murders linked to the British army’s notorious IRA a(...)

The McKirenan family are seeking access to a police investigation into claims a senior British agent was involved in Anthony McKiernan’s killing.
Family of alleged IRA informer launch bid for police files on his death

The family of an IRA man executed for being an alleged informer has launched a legal bid for access to a police investigation into claims a senior Bri(...)