Butjust one single episode exposed how he operated inside the ira while on the states books. This is a story of a spy who got away with murder. West belfast in the 1980s. An irish republican enclave where many were subject to the iras rules. Such warnings to so called touts were frequently borne out. Archive charlie mcilmurray s body was found in this van on sunday. Charlie mcilmurray, a west belfast taxi driver, suspected of being a tout slang for an informer was shot dead in 1987. I think that mr mcilmurray, like anyone else living in west belfast, knows that the consequence for informing is death. I mean, if republican activists, who know what the repercussions are for going over to the other side, in fact go over to the other side, then they more than anyone else are totally and absolutely aware of what the penalty for doing that is. Death . Death, certainly. Freddie scappaticci was under orders to enforce the iras rules for so called traitors. Scappaticci was once secretly recorde
The famous sta keknife. He was obviously someone who had access to the higher levels of the ira. An ira spy catcher skilled at interrogating Suspected Informers. An ira enforcer and executioner. Theres not one killing that Freddie Scappaticci was involved in that the ira did not sanction. Freddie scappaticci denied his double life when exposed. I am not guilty of any of these allegations. His death was announced while a multiMillion Pound Police Investigation into his activities is ongoing. Much is unknown about Freddie Scappaticcis life in the shadows. Butjust one single episode exposed how he operated inside the ira while on the states books. This is a story of a spy who got away with murder. West belfast in the 1980s. An irish republican enclave where many were subject to the iras rules. Such warnings to so called touts were frequently borne out. Archive charlie mcllmurrays body was found in this van on sunday. I charlie mcilmurray, a west belfast taxi driver, suspected of being a t
ireland, heavy showers here, longer spells of rain, more sunshine for england and wales, where it is not so windy. there will be showers around, but not quite as many during the day on sunday. temperatures are only getting up to 21 or 22 degrees at best. what about next week? some changes, not as windy for a start, a bit more sunshine and probably fewer showers, but it is not going to be hard to are not going to get the heat that is affecting southern parts of europe, so 22 23 at best, very different in southern parts of europe, where temperatures will be reaching a0 degrees or more across inland areas once again. and that s bbc news at ten. there s more analysis of the day s main stories on newsnight, which isjust getting under way on bbc two. the news continues here on bbc one, as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are, but from the ten team, it s goodnight. after the energy shock, is britain getting even more dependen
edition of the the ingraham angle from new york city. a tourist submersible to see the titanic has disappeared. with limiting oxygen on board a frantic search is underway. details in moments. first, remember when biden said this? are you willing to get involved to defend taiwan? yes. you are? it s a commitment we made. well, what about when he said this. would u.s. forces defend the island? yes, if there was an unprecedented attack. unlike ukraine, u.s. forces, men and women would defend taiwan in the event of a chinese invasion? yes. well, don t worry about any of that. blinken made it clear to china that we would not think about stopping them if they invade taiwan. i reiterated the united states and china policy. we do not support taiwan independence. how did the meeting between blinken and china s president xi jingping go? china said the u.s. needs to stop suppressing them and show suspect. that issue with china not returning defense secretary aus