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Prosecutors continue to consider Stakeknife files for other suspects

Prosecutors are continuing to consider a number of files around crimes associated with the former British Army agent known as Stakeknife for other suspects. The Public Prosecution Service (PPS) made the statement after the death of west Belfast man ...

13 Apr 2023 at 13:43

Stakeknife report a ‘step closer’ to publication after passing security checks

A report on the British Army’s top agent within the Provisional IRA has passed national security checks with no changes or redactions, the former police chief who led the probe has said. Former Bedfordshire chief constable Jon Boutcher, head of ...

24 Aug 2023 at 08:48

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Stakeknife report a ‘step closer’ to publication after passing security checks

24 Aug 2023 at 11:33

Belfast man alleged to have been British Army’s IRA mole Stakeknife dies

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. He died several days ago and was ...

11 Apr 2023 at 19:23

Stakeknife report a ‘damning indictment’ of role of state in NI Troubles

A major investigation into the operation of the British Army’s top agent inside the IRA is a “damning indictment” of the actions of the state during the Troubles, a lawyer representing victims has said. The interim findings of ...

08 Mar 2024 at 18:05

Findings of report into agent Stakeknife due to be published

A major report into the Army’s top agent in Northern Ireland during the Troubles will be published later. The interim findings of Operation Kenova will be revealed after an investigation lasting seven years and costing ...

08 Mar 2024 at 00:01

Kenova has not failed us, says daughter of IRA victim

A woman whose mother was abducted and murdered by the IRA has insisted that Operation Kenova has not failed victims due to a lack of prosecutions. The body of Belfast woman Caroline Moreland, a 34-year-old Catholic ...

08 Mar 2024 at 00:01

‘Stakeknife’ agent cost more lives than he saved, major report concludes

More lives were probably lost than saved through the British Army’s operation of its top agent inside the IRA’s internal security unit during the Troubles, a major independent investigation has found. The interim ...

08 Mar 2024 at 14:28

Government will not respond until after Operation Kenova final report

The Government has pledged to respond to a major investigation into a top Army agent within the Provisional IRA after it makes its final report. Operation Kenova probed the activities of the agent known as ...

08 Mar 2024 at 13:06

More Troubles lives ‘probably’ lost than saved in Stakeknife operation

08 Mar 2024 at 12:03

Kenova shows state and IRA were ‘co-conspirators in murder’, lawyer says

The Operation Kenova investigation has shown that the state and the IRA were “co-conspirators” in the murder of citizens, a lawyer representing a number of Troubles victims has said. Kevin Winters, who ...

08 Mar 2024 at 15:03

Consideration of Scappaticci file at ‘advanced stage’ when he died

Consideration of files examining evidence of serious criminality against Freddie Scappaticci was at an advanced staged when he died in 2023, prosecutors have said. However, Northern Ireland’s director ...

08 Mar 2024 at 16:02

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