Police spies inquiry: five officers allowed to give evidence in secret
Posted: 19th October 2021
Group includes two former officers who admit having sexual relationships with women while undercover
Protest signs at the Royal Courts of Justice in 2019. The long-running inquiry is examining the activities of 139 undercover officers who spied on more than 1,000 political groups. Photograph: David Rowe/AlamyFive undercover police officers who infiltrated political groups in the 1970s and 1980s have been allowed to give evidence in secret to a public inquiry, leading to accusations that police are being allowed to cover up any wrongdoing.
They include two officers who admit that they had sexual relationships with women using their fake identities during their deployments. It appears that the secrecy will prevent those women from finding out what happened to them.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/oct/18/police-spies-inquiry-five-officers-allowed-to-give-e…