The wife of an IRA informer has launched a High Court bid for permission to sue a man alleged to have been the highest-ranking British agent within the Provisionals.
Lawyers for Margaret Keeley want to be allowed to name west Belfast man Freddie Scappaticci as a co-defendant in her damages claim against the Chief Constable.Read full article »»
Scappaticci, 64, denies allegations that he was the military spy codenamed Stakeknife.
Mrs Keeley, whose husband is the one-time MI5 agent known as Kevin Fulton, has issued proceedings against the police for alleged wrongful arrest and false imprisonment.