Stakeknife Freddie Scappaticci damned himself in his own affidavit in a bid
to ban a book exposing his role as an Army agent
behind dozens of murders.
Lawyers representing Scap launched a
legal challenge in the High Court last Wednesday to stop Stakeknife:
Britain's Secret Agents in
Ireland which is
co-written by FRU whistleblower Martin Ingram.
He lost the case.
But during the secret hearing - which we can now report - self-confessed
IRA top dog Scappaticci included a police death warning with his affidavit.
It was marked for Alfredo Scappaticci - he denied he was called Alfredo
when The People was the first newspaper to expose him and interview him.
The police message read: 'Intelligence indicates that following continued
media interest, republican paramilitaries now believe you to be former army
agent codename Stakeknife'.
Scappaticci has claimed in the past that several attacks on his home have
been carried out by loyalists.
Now it appears he has known since September 10 last year at the very least
that it is republicans - and not loyalists - who want him dead.
Meanwhile a complaint of criminal libel against the book's co-author -
People Ireland Editor Greg Harkin - has been binned by the PSNI.
A lawyer representing Scappaticci made a formal complaint at Grosvenor Road
barracks alleging Harkin had put Scap's life at risk!
A source said: "The problem with this complaint is that, er, em,
Scappaticci is Stakeknife. So the stories were true."
