Man alleged to be notorious British Army's IRA agent Stakeknife has died

Freddie Scappaticci, from west Belfast, had denied the allegation that he was the agent codenamed Stakeknife. Picture: BBC video grab/Justin Kernoghan

A west Belfast man who was alleged to have been the British Army’s top mole in the Provisional IRA has died.

Freddie Scappaticci, who was aged in his 70s, always denied that he was the agent Stakeknife.