West Belfast man Freddie Scappaticci, a former commander of the IRA’s Internal Security Unit, was named as Stakeknife in 2003. Also known as the ‘nutting squad’, it was responsible for ...

He kept his head down. He lived alone. His neighbours had no clue the Belfast man’s real name was Freddie Scappaticci, a brutal killer who also spent years spying for the British military inside ...

Freddie Scappaticci, 59, who has been named by the press as the agent code-named Stakeknife, was allowed general security measures - but was turned down for the key person's scheme, which would ...

Both men escaped from the Maze Prison in a dramatic tunnelling breakout in May 1976 before they could be put on trial. Mr O’Kane has been living openly in the Meath area for almost five decades ...