Concerns over possibility of Stakeknife suicide raised in 2003

Freddie Scappaticci, who is widely believed to be the IRA agent known as Stakeknife (PA) - (PA Wire)

There were concerns that Stakeknife – the British Army’s top spy in the Provisional IRA’s internal security unit during the Troubles – was “a danger to himself” in 2003, according to Irish Government documents.

The agent has been described as one of the British Army’s most prized assets, bringing them information from within the heart of the Provisional IRA at the height of the Troubles in Northern Ireland.