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Bereaved family intend to apply to access Scappaticci will

The High Court in London ruled earlier this week that the will of a man believed to be the IRA agent known as Stakeknife will not be made public.

Evening Standard

Will of man suspected of being army’s top IRA spy Stakeknife to be sealed, high court rules

Judge rules that Freddie Scappaticci’s will cannot be made public for 70 years in a legal first

The Guardian - UK

Will of man believed to be Stakeknife will not be made public, High Court rules

Freddie Scappaticci was believed to be Britain’s top agent inside the IRA, which he always denied before his death in 2023.

Evening Standard

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MI5 files not deliberately withheld from Stakeknife probe, review concludes

The review was carried out after the material was discovered last year.

Evening Standard

The week in audio: Cover: Stakeknife; From Bomb to Ballot: The History of Sinn Féin; The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show – review

Context is all in two indispensable podcasts about Northern Ireland. And Zoe Ball ensures an orderly handover for Radio 2 Breakfast listeners

The Guardian - UK

How an IRA spy named ‘Stakeknife’ got away with playing both sides

A new BBC Sounds show investigates the complicated case of Freddie Scappaticci. Plus: five of the best podcasts to switch off to

The Guardian - UK

Former British spy in IRA who allegedly admitted murder will not be prosecuted

Exclusive: Ex-double agent allegedly admitted to murder during training presentations to members of the security services

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Police chief who led Stakeknife inquiry condemns MI5 for stalling investigation

Victims’ families say Jon Boutcher’s report into British spy proves state and IRA were ‘co-conspirators’ in murder

The Guardian - UK

Stakeknife: key points from investigation into army’s prized IRA spy

Operation Kenova reports on mistreatment of bereaved families and a ‘maverick culture’ where agent handling was considered a ‘dark art’

The Guardian - UK

Refusal to confirm identity of Stakeknife reflects British state’s addiction to secrecy

Security forces and government still refuse to clarify allegations that Freddie Scappaticci was British spy at the heart of the IRA

The Guardian - UK

IRA Double Agent Likely Cost More Lives Than Saved: British Police

The actions of a prized double agent within paramilitary group the IRA who worked for British security services probably led to more lives being lost than saved in Northern Ireland, an independent investigation said on Friday.

International Business Times

Stakeknife: seven years and £40m later, how did inquiry fail to deliver justice?

Report into British agent in the IRA has not resulted in prosecutions but families hope it can at least shed light on his actions

The Guardian - UK

'More lives lost than saved' running British mole 'Stakeknife' inside IRA, says major report

More lives were probably lost than saved through the British Army's operation of its top agent inside the IRA's internal security unit during the Troubles, a major independent investigation has found.

Evening Standard

More lives lost than saved in Troubles due to British spy, report finds

Stakeknife report finds army’s top agent’s links to murder and torture and calls for government and IRA to apologise

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Belfast Live

Operation Kenova costs police over £37m since its launch

The operation is investigating the involvement of an alleged British state agent in murders, kidnap and torture.

The Guardian - UK

‘Too big to fail’: why was army’s man inside IRA, Freddie Scappaticci, never prosecuted?

Families of victims dismayed at lack of accountability after death of ‘Stakeknife’

The Independent UK

Prosecutors continue to consider Stakeknife files for other suspects

The Public Prosecution Service made the statement after the death of Freddie Scappaticci, the man alleged to be Stakeknife.

Irish Mirror

Freddie 'Stakeknife' Scappaticci accused of being highest-ranking British spy in the Provisional IRA’s ranks dies

The West Belfast man would have been in his 70s and had left Northern Ireland around 2003.

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Belfast Live

Stakeknife - Army's former agent embedded high up in IRA dies

It is believed that the IRA spy known by the codename Stakeknife was buried last week

The Independent UK

Report on Army’s IRA agent Stakeknife to be published in the new year

Operation Kenova was set up in 2016 to examine the activities of the high ranking mole within the IRA.

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