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Feb 2024
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Episode 487: Freddie Scappaticci and the...

Sunday World
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Northern Ireland’s much anticipated Kenova Report is set to be released next month after confirmation that no prosecutions are to be pursued.


The report centres around the activities of the notorious Freddie Scapattici, the British Army’s top agent in the north during the troubles.


Nicola talks with Belfast Telegraph Crime Correspondent Allison Morris about the incredible story of Stakeknife and the allegations that his handlers turned a blind eye to murder and torture by the infamous ‘nutting squad’



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