The Army agent was widely named previously as Freddie Scappaticci
The IRA spy known as Stakeknife is reported to have died several days ago and to have been buried last week.
The West Belfast man would have been in his 70s and had left Northern Ireland around 2003 when he was first accused of being the highest-ranking British spy in the Provisional IRA's ranks.Stakeknife worked within the IRA’s notorious “nutting squad” interrogating suspected informers during the Troubles.
The report from the probe into crimes such as murder and torture linked to Stakeknife, and the role played by the security services, including MI5, was due to be published in early 2023.He said his staff are working through the implications of Mr Scappaticci’s death and will publish an interim report this year.
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