The life and crimes of IRA mole Freddie Scappaticci

[@STEVIEBHOY]

Ricky is a gentleman, had the pleasure of meeting him at the launch of his book about the life of Gerry Conlon, In the name of the son 👌💯🇮🇪

[@tobiaswillcock2534]

That you Stevie Bhoy😅

[@STEVIEBHOY]

@@tobiaswillcock2534 aye that was me 🤣💯👍

[@tobiaswillcock2534]

@@STEVIEBHOY Who's the Scappaticci in the acsom chat🤔🤔 my dough is on wee mad mental john shirley's grey parrot🤣🤣

[@patkearney9320]

Thank you never heard about the book at all but we got to remember files are closed for decades , this is the nature of conflict personally I’d believe folk who knows them times before I’d swallow BBC stuff. Looking forward to this read.

[@yogi1kenobi]

He was caught on tax fiddle and was offered amnesty

[@Sarahmurray514]

He had control over killing IRA informers.. And he was the main informer Many of the poor irish men shot by this animal.. and they never informers

[@Jamacianwoodbine]

How do you know they weren't informers and how do you know he was the biggest informer

[@Sarahmurray514]

@@Jamacianwoodbine iv spoke to alot of IRA men and i was told.. by many that steakknife would be told to take out someone by the brits.. He.d then send rumours around theres a informer.. and he then would take out a inosence man

[@patriciareilly8841]

I wonder who provided the intelligence for Operation Flavius, the unlawful killing of Mairead Farrell, Sean Savage and Dan McCann, by the SAS on Gibraltar?@@Sarahmurray514

[@AmandaBowe-be6vd]

I hate people calling them animals.... animals wouldn't do this.... monsters or savages would be more apt

[@Sarahmurray514]

@@AmandaBowe-be6vd he laid inosent young men to death

[@crowkane1160]

There whole army council where in British intelligence back pocket

[@RaphaelDawkinsCombatRadio]

This guy had some brass balls, talk about living dangerously.

[@louise_rose]

He was protected by people above him, including Mr McGuinness, which allowed Freddie to kind of "play for both teams at the same time".

[@ministry_of_love]

Of all the Crime World podcasts, this is probably one of the most intriguing stories. There's definitely a Hollywood film here

[@georgebrowne5935]

It is well publicised now that this Man was a British Agent. This means that the British Intelligence forces carried out all these murders, which is shocking and unacceptable .

[@ringsidejudge4302]

Correct , this also means Martin McGuinness gave the order to execute all these people . I agree shocking and unacceptable . Maybe that is how MM was turned I do not think the John Boucher report will sink the Brits nor any of the living leaders who gave the final execution order to Scappaticci . I bet old Gerry will be sweating a bit now . Operation Kenova be a report that will be very cautious not to embarrass the Sinn Fein leaders otherwise the future of the peace process could be in jeopardy. This will be very interesting to see whenever it is released . Overall a sordid catalogue of crime , the further I listened to this interview with Richard , the more macabre the whole thing sounds .How could republicans commit these crimes and claim them to be political is just beyond reason . Thirty odd million pounds spent and I can guarantee you not one person Brit or Republican will do one hour in jail , guaranteed .

[@Jamacianwoodbine]

He was also an ira volunteer before he was a British agent ,an organisation that murdered and maimed for 30 years, if he hadn't of been an ira member to start with britush intelligence would never of turned him

[@georgebrowne5935]

@RuiPinto41 That's like saying if the British didn't Colonise and Partition Ireland, there wouldn't have been an Organisation called the Irish Republican Army. Which happens to be the real Truth.

[@ministry_of_love]

One could argue that the entire _dissident community_ was always infiltrated

[@TheNelster72]

He wasn't a British agent as I'm sure you know. He was, allegedly, an IRA member and paid informer.

[@utregsoulnorh715]

I love this channel,great information...I was wondering for decades who the boss of the Nutting Squad was....thanks ,from the Netherlands.

[@Kazby78]

The Brits were actually the bosses of the nutting squad

[@utregsoulnorh715]

@@Kazby78 ...true that..scap was just an agent in the dirty war in the north of Ireland.

[@gerardhenry5501]

John joe Magee was also a British agent

[@PatrickMurran-iy5kr]

Great podcast 👌needed to be told

[@johnpower3572]

The worse if the worse

[@liamkeane9159]

The downfall of any Irish rebellion a bloody tout

[@jintsfan]

Gutting, huh ??😂

[@liamkeane9159]

@@jintsfan going back the centuries man with rebellions

[@patkearney9320]

@@liamkeane9159Imagine the volunteers life soldier but a volunteer something so noble yet something destructive to themselves and others , to volunteer’s one’s everything even your dog it’s truly brave, but the waste the tout is irelands curse through centuries.🇮🇪♟.

[@Sawdust-f4p]

That’s how dumb the IRA was

[@nicknick1963]

According to the interim Kenova report he cost more lives than he saved,so maybe they weren't so daft

[@wingnut71]

Freddy was the worstest mole. He made a terrible mess of my fucking lawn. You should see the size of the holes he made!😅🇬🇧

[@thomascoogan3684]

Worstest?

[@nicknick1963]

The Kenova report (interim) has not formally identified him as stakeknife...yet

[@wingnut71]

The "judge" that ordered the report is a rebel supporter who was appointed to the role of the chief justice by rebel ministers of Sinnfein/IRA. He seems to wish to embarrass the British, but all I see is a very embarrassed Sinnfein/IRA

[@roberthughes3904]

When the story of Scappaticci first surfaced it was alleged he was 'turned' because of underage sex allegations against him.

[@wilfpickles9488]

Has anyone seen his corpse?

[@petebondurant58]

Yes.

[@wilfpickles9488]

​@@petebondurant58???

[@petebondurant58]

@@wilfpickles9488 It was in the freezer at the morgue.

[@JT-xt8bh]

Yes the devil

[@aalexjohna]

@@petebondurant58 He was given the Victoria Cross for bravery. It was presented to him by Jesus personally.

[@stewatparkpark2933]

He would have already been " turned " when he refused early release from detention . Staying in longer than he needed to built up his street cred . Think the complete opposite when it comes to the spying game .

[@Irishtinian494]

Rick was a great volunteer.

[@ATLmodK]

Really?

[@patrickferran1678]

Are you nuts or something. He got shot by the IRA for robbing the people's garage ya balloon great vol my b...s.🤡🤡🤡

[@Irishtinian494]

Really.​@@ATLmodK

[@wingnut71]

Good at volunteering information.😅 About how the Brits duped the Provo scumbags.

[@Irishtinian494]

@@wingnut71 you're bum hurts.. right 😄

[@registeredmental]

There were so many republicans working for the Brits including Martin Mc. Poor Jerry Adams was left on his own

[@jjhkm]

Read the book moons ago but the story is told better here, cracking podcast thanks

[@sitluxetluxfuit4481]

How did he live into his seventys ? Clearly still procected

[@louise_rose]

Yep, protected identity (as "Frank") somewhere in England. A court injunction from around 2003 prohibited journalists from approaching him or exposing his current ID - that's why there has been a number of programmes and articles about him after he died last year.

[@kieransavage100]

Was in the same class CBS Harding St school.Scappo was a Nutter,in more ways than one.

[@louise_rose]

@@kieransavage100 The name "Christian Brothers School" sounds really odd in view of his later career. :)

[@royalordinance]

Unbelieveble, but he was a walk-in....!

[@louise_rose]

The guy seems to be straight out of John le Carré's world - I saw the fascinating BBC Spotlight feature on him last summer (also on KZbin: "The Spy who got away with Murder") and it was just absorbing. Certainly must have been one ice cold guy to pull it off for fifteen years! (this doesn't indicate any admiration for him, of course).

[@gerardhenry5501]

If the ra had of done scap his book would have been no good as he was needed to be alive to collaborate the story . Scap was outed to protect a bigger fish that’s how it works .

[@petebondurant58]

MMCG

[@gerardhenry5501]

@@petebondurant58 no someone in Belfast .

[@petebondurant58]

@@gerardhenry5501 He didn't die in Belfast.

[@gerardhenry5501]

@@petebondurant58 you were saying mc Guinness and I said no there is a bigger informer jn Belfast . I would think scap was helped over the line he knew too much

[@patrickferran1678]

They all knew fred was at it and got a free ride.

[@OatyReading]

Wasn't he caught fiddling his VAT/Income tax and then turned informant?

[@Adrian-AosFotos-Irish]

Very interesting .

[@ORIGINOLINDIVIDUAL]

The majority of IRA touts were not blackmailed the British 🤚🏻

[@sitluxetluxfuit4481]

What the fuck would you know

[@ORIGINOLINDIVIDUAL]

@@paulflah4562 It couldn’t be more self explanatory.

[@carlocrighton]

BBC Aug 2024: The security service MI5 has *discovered* hundreds of new documents on the agent in the IRA, known as Stakeknife, which were not previously disclosed to a major police investigation. Operation Kenova has spent years examining the activities of the agent, who was Belfast man Freddie Scappaticci, at a cost of £40m. It issued an interim report earlier in 2024. The head of Operation Kenova, Sir Iain Livingstone, said the latest development was "of great concern”. MI5 withheld files, and so no final report before 2025 (Wikipedia). What more to come? Definitely more complicity by Scapp's handlers but possibly evidence leading to proof of other undercover agents/informers higher up in the IRA, for example?

[@leoobroin3804]

Brilliant story.

[@Barracuda71-ln3jr]

Infiltrated like "ticks" on a deer.

[@goodfella6675]

When Irish speak English, it is like a language vendetta! “You forced me to speak your language, so I’ll speak it as fu…. up as possible!” Speaking with hot potatoes in mouth. Even the automatic transcription gives up and writes something that sounds similar.. but it’s not. Or nothing, just skipping it altogether. 😂 What I can understand is that the majority of people in N. Ireland are happy that Troubles are over. And people are not dying daily. Erin go bragh

[@mukeshpatel-gj4sd]

Briilant ? Love your voice

[@kieransavage100]

Went to school with him….No hint of republicanism….

[@kevinquigg9328]

He's in Bondi beach selling 99s

[@jamesfrancis3722]

99 ice cream thanks Freddie

[@andrewroy2876]

And a pizza 😂😂😂😂😂

[@wingnut71]

Driving a Mr whippy ice-cream van! Lol.

[@tonyyates2012]

Good lads!, you found the volume. 😂

[@raymondcrane1900]

Couldn’t fight “ a missfit” 69” he was told he wouldn’t stand up to Nothing “ fight that a joke

[@neilcolwell3107]

I seen him recently. I was definitely him.

[@maxplanck9055]

It would have been obvious what was happening if every execution was stopped, it would have looked like double agent activity, stopping the deaths was impossible. People not dying is not the only consideration when maintaining an agent in the ira counter intelligence squad as a double agent. ✌️❤️🇬🇧

[@notatthetablecarlos6708]

Maybe the police had it on him at a young girl and thats why he turned informer

[@tonyyates2012]

Nothing here, someone needs more coffee, lol

[@Boobang57th]

☝🏾

[@Pennyburn1688]

There is something wrong with your story matey.... You state roman Catholics and Italians flocked to Belfast for employment. For years it is portrayed that roman Catholics were discriminated against and were not given jobs 🤔 With regard Catholic streets being burnt out.. The same thing happened with catholics burning out protestant streets!

[@michaelahern6821]

Denis Donaldson got killed yet they left this cockroach alone...makes no sense..

[@damienholden2132]

Tell the truth howed did you know

[@ATLmodK]

Simply a clone of another podcast.

[@martynroberts8944]

Can't hear a bloody thing 🤨

[@Kazby78]

Turn ur volume up

[@jeanpatton7201]

TOUTS EVERYWERE GERRY ADAMS BIGGEST ONE

[@mollyhague6546]

spea k k n I f e

[@Judgementday-qp1ol]

The Life and Crimes of British foreign Occupation in Ireland.

[@billymcdonald1040]

Nothing to do with Britain he killed people for doing the same thing as himself

[@P070701]

Other people got ice cream bet gerry andmartin got 99she could probably belly dance with a top hat on underneath a snake

[@josephmcdonnell402]

Slabber

[@deeppurple883]

I belive he was gay, just my opinion.

[@jacquiewalton1996]

The "extreme porn" that he was prosecuted for included animal sex but not gay porn " Freddie Scappaticci, the man widely identified as the army’s long serving informer inside the IRA, has admitted two counts of possessing extreme pornography. Scappaticci, 72, who has been widely identified as Agent Stakeknife, appeared briefly at Westminster magistrates court in central London on Wednesday morning to admit the charges. He spoke only to enter his pleas to the charges. The chief magistrate, Emma Arbuthnot, sentenced him to three months in custody, suspended for 12 months. The court heard the charges related to at least 329 images, including bestiality. There were no images involving children. Scappaticci was charged with two counts of possession of extreme pornographic images, contrary to Section 63 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008. The charges covered the period from October 2015 to January this year.

[@Thelastborder]

Just like his priest

[@jacquiewalton1996]

@@Thelastborder Just like John McAleese (SAS)

[@jacquiewalton1996]

@@Thelastborder But a three-week Sunday Mercury investigation has discovered that McAleese had been locked in an extraordinary legal battle with the country for whom he once fought so valiantly. The former decorated soldier, who guarded three Prime Ministers during a distinguished career, spent the last year of his life refusing to return to the UK to answer allegations that he had downloaded child pornography. McAleese was photographed fighting back tears at his son’s funeral at Hereford Cathedral on September 14, 2009. Just four days later he was arrested and questioned by West Mercia Police officers on suspicion of downloading indecent images of children to his home computer in 2007. He was released and bailed until a later date. McAleese is understood to have attended the police station by appointment. Sources who knew him say he had been previously contacted by British police as early as 2007, and had promised to speak to them when he returned to the UK. After the questioning, McAleese returned to Greece where he was living with his second wife. But he failed to answer his next bail appointment and when police contacted him in Greece he is said to have refused to return to the UK. The authorities then began formal proceedings aimed at trying to bring McAleese back to Britain. Inquiries by this paper have confirmed that a hearing to obtain an international warrant for his arrest took place at Hereford Magistrates Court on March 17, 2010. Magistrates approved the move and it is believed the warrant was sent to the Greek authorities around last November.

[@paulflah4562]

No he was a big fan of hard core straight sex porn

[@bettyboop-xg6jo]

Yawn

[@TheEx3rgj]

Was it the Strabane McDaids ?

[@rikoshea5549]

😂😂Do people believe this shit or just enjoy a good story ? This guy is a cracking story teller but he is all over the place. He said scap had 3 houses in a year 😳 is that true ? The guys got a book out so to write a book you need a good story.

[@Letsgetiton41]

Totally agree

[@jacquiewalton1355]

‘Stakeknife informant' pleads guilty to pornography Freddie Scappaticci, identified as the army’s longest serving informant inside the IRA, admitted two counts of possessing extreme pornography Owen Bowcott Legal affairs correspondent @owenbowcott Wed 5 Dec 2018 13.30 GMT Freddie Scappaticci, the man widely identified as the army’s long serving informer inside the IRA, has admitted two counts of possessing extreme pornography. Scappaticci, 72, who has been widely identified as Agent Stakeknife, appeared briefly at Westminster magistrates court in central London on Wednesday morning to admit the charges. He spoke only to enter his pleas to the charges. The chief magistrate, Emma Arbuthnot, sentenced him to three months in custody, suspended for 12 months. The court heard the charges related to at least 329 images, including bestiality

[@Brian64512]

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