Dirty double dealing

The murky world of a double agent has been exposed

Dirty double dealing
Tue, 13 May, 2003 - 01:00
the Stakeknife saga. Jim Caldwell follows the agent’s murderous trail.

FROM Gibraltar to Co Louth, Alfredo 'Freddie' Scappaticci may have been involved indirectly in up to 40 murders.

Living in the hardline Andersonstown area of west Belfast, everything about the way Scappaticci, 45, dressed and acted appeared working class despite earning a reputed £80,000 as a double agent.

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