'Stakeknife' Scappaticci gone into hiding

The British army’s top agent inside the IRA was in hiding today after his cover was blown in an exposure that rocked the republican movement to its core.

Senior security sources confirmed the man identified as Stakeknife was Alfredo ‘Freddie’ Scappaticci, military intelligence’s most powerful spy, who had initially resisted warnings to get out of the North because his security had been compromised.