Prosecutions ruled out after latest consideration of Stakeknife probe files
by Rebecca Black
Dec 06, 2023
3 minutes
No prosecutions are to be pursued following the latest consideration of files from a major investigation into a top Army agent within the Provisional IRA.
The Public Prosecution Service (PPS) said it has given thorough and careful consideration to five files concerning 16 individuals reported by Operation Kenova, which probed the activities of the agent known as Stakeknife.
These individuals include one police officer and six military personnel.
Stakeknife worked in the IRA’s notorious “nutting squad”, interrogating suspected informers during the Troubles.
Kenova examined crimes such
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