‘I’m not going to hide again’: Stakeknife report met with relief by victims’ families

Killings of suspected IRA informers brought shame and fear but relatives have opportunity to step out of shadows

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When Freddie Scappaticci's nutting squad" murdered suspected IRA informers the dead men's families entered a singular hell.

To have a father, brother or son dumped by a roadside, bound and hooded, with signs of torture and shot in the head, brought shock and grief.