Freddie Scappaticci

Freddie Scappaticci, later known as Frank Cowley (12 January 1946 – 20 March 2023) was an Irish Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) member named in the Kenova report as a British Intelligence mole with the codename Stakeknife.

Scappaticci was a member of the IRA’s Internal Security Unit. In 2003, it was reported that Scappaticci had been working for British intelligence, their highest-ranking agent in the IRA, and was known by the codename "Stakeknife". Both the IRA and Scappaticci himself publicly denied involvement with British intelligence.