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Former British spy in IRA who allegedly admitted murder will not be prosecuted
(www.theguardian.com)
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Victims’ families have reacted with anger after it emerged that a former British double agent in the IRA who allegedly admitted to murder while giving training presentations to members of the security services will not be prosecuted.
The case had emerged during an investigation by officers into the activities of the British spy known as Stakeknife and a criminal file was passed to the prosecution service of Northern Ireland.
The case was subsequently investigated by officers working under chief constable Jon Boutcher, who until March this year led Operation Kenova’s inquiries into Stakeknife, a notorious agent named in 2003 as former IRA security enforcer Freddie Scappaticci.
A spokesperson for Northern Ireland’s public prosecution service (PPSNI) said they had decided against charges with regard to the case on “evidential grounds”.
Kevin Winters, who represents the families of victims affected by the activities of British agents in the IRA, said the failure to prosecute the individual was “seismic in significance”.
Officers have examined 101 murders and abductions associated with the IRA’s “nutting squad”, a unit in which Scappaticci was a leading figure responsible for interrogating and torturing those suspected of passing information to the British security services.
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