‘Stakeknife’ guilty of porn charges

Freddie Scappaticci, the man named as the army’s IRA informer “Stakeknife”, has pleaded guilty at Westminster Magistrates’ Court to two charges of possessing extreme pornographic images. The court heard the charges related to at least 329 images, including some involving animals. There were no images of children. Magistrate Emma Arbuthnot sentenced the 72-year-old to three months in custody. Scappaticci’s lawyer said the offences took place over 13 days.