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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent

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

Freddie Scappaticci
Freddie Scappaticci. The sealing of the will was the first time it had been done for a person who was not a member of the royal family, the judge noted. Photograph: PA

The will of the man alleged to have been Britain’s top agent inside the Provisional IRA is not to be made public, the high court has ruled in a legal first.

Ordering that the will of Freddie Scappaticci, who is suspected of being the mole known as Stakeknife, should not be open for public inspection as is usual, Sir Julian Flaux said it was the first time this had been done for a person who was not a member of the royal family.

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