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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
Damien Edgar

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

The IRA spy who was known as Stakeknife died several days ago and was buried last week.

The British army agent was widely named previously as Freddie Scappaticci, who had always strongly denied the allegation.

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

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