Scappaticci: My life is in danger

The man accused of being the British Army’s most prized spy at the heart of the IRA had been repeatedly warned by police in Belfast that his life is in danger, he claimed today.

Freddie Scappaticci, a 57-year-old builder from west Belfast, described as “ridiculous” allegations that he was the agent codenamed Stakeknife who operated for British military intelligence within the IRA’s top structures.