No prosecutions to follow last files considered from Operation Kenova
No prosecutions are to be pursued following consideration of the final files from a major investigation into the Army’s top agent in Northern Ireland during the Troubles.
The Public Prosecution Service (PPS) said it considered a large volume of material and information contained in six files submitted by Operation Kenova in respect of 12 individuals.
It concluded there is “insufficient evidence to provide a reasonable prospect of conviction” for any individual reported in relation to five incidents which happened between 1987 and 1994.
The agent Stakeknife worked in the IRA’s notorious “nutting squad”, interrogating suspected informers during the Troubles.
