Prosecutors decide not to charge final 12 people in Stakeknife investigation

Agent worked in IRA’s notorious ‘nutting squad’, interrogating suspected informers during the Troubles

No prosecutions are to be pursued after 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.