we don t know. what s also unknown is if other criminal cases were prosecuted where crucial information was withheld. i suppose it s a fair question, that if it happened once, could it happen again? and the answer has to be yes. but that is why i was so exercised to have this matter fully investigated. but for some people, the possibility that it could have happened in other cases is an appalling vista. it is an appalling vista. in the wake of the sandy lynch episode, freddie scappaticci s position in the ira was beginning to wane. those at the top of the ira know exactly when they cast their spy catcher into the cold, but scappaticci did not meet the same end
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. there s 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 scappaticci s life in the shadows. butjust one single episode exposed how he operated inside the ira while on the state s books. this is a story of a spy
what s also unknown is if other criminal cases were prosecuted where crucial information was withheld. i suppose it s a fair question, that if it happened once, could it happen again? and the answer has to be yes. but that is why i was so exercised to have this matter fully investigated. but for some people, the possibility that it could have happened in other cases is an appalling vista. it is an appalling vista. in the wake of the sandy lynch episode, freddie scappaticci s position in the ira was beginning to wane. those at the top of the ira know exactly when they cast their spy catcher into the cold, but scappaticci did not meet the same end brutally exacted on others. the ira leadership s
joe fenton, a suspected informer, had first been interrogated in this house before his execution. it s also where, several months later, another suspected informer, sandy lynch, was brought to. his account of what happened to him gives us the greatest insight into scappaticci at work as a spy catcher. an actor is giving voice to edited extracts of what lynch told the authorities about his ordeal. i belonged to the provisional irish republican army. the unit was under control of the belfast brigade. sean maguire was second in command. i entered the house. maguire was walking behind me. i went up the stairs and someone was behind me. someone who i believed was scappaticci.
an ira spy catcher skilled at interrogating suspected informers. an ira enforcer and executioner. there s 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 scappaticci s life in the shadows. butjust one single episode exposed how he operated inside the ira while on the state s books. this is a story of a spy