British government refuses to name Stakeknife despite ‘deeply disturbing’ behaviour

The agent Stakeknife is widely believed to be west Belfast man, Freddie Scappaticci.

The British government has again refused to name the army’s top spy in the Provisional IRA, known as Stakeknife, but branded the behaviour of the agent “deeply disturbing”.

Operation Kenova, which was set up in 2016 to investigate the activities of Stakeknife within the Provisional IRA’s internal security unit, published its final report on Tuesday.