He has been linked to 18 murders, all while on the state payroll; some victims were fellow agents.
linked to at least 18 murdersHis position gave him access to IRA secrets - his unit was known as the Clapham Junction of the organisation, according to one former IRA member, because everything went through it.
But it was not until 2003 that Mr Scappaticci was outed by the media as the agent codenamed Stakeknife.Mr Scappaticci left Northern Ireland when identified by the media as Stakeknife in 2003 His death, almost two decades later, has robbed victims' families of the prospect "of some semblance of justice", according to Kevin Winters, the solicitor representing many of them.It is in the process of being compiled by Jon Boutcher, the former chief constable of Bedfordshire Police, whose Operation Kenova investigation has cost £37m.
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