Freddie Scappaticci, the man suspected of being the Army agent codenamed Stakeknife, has died.
The man suspected of once being the army's top agent within the IRA, Freddie Scappaticci, has died.The activities of the agent have been the subject of a long-running investigation by the retired chief constable of Bedfordshire, Jon Boutcher.Mr Scappaticci, who was in his 70s, left Northern Ireland in 2003 after several media organisations alleged he had been working for the Army while he was the head of the IRA's internal security unit.
It was responsible for identifying suspected informers, many of whom were murdered by the IRA after being kidnapped and tortured.
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