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Activist deceived into relationship with undercover officer awarded £230,000

An environmental activist who was deceived into a nearly two-year relationship with an undercover officer has been awarded almost £230,000 compensation after winning a landmark tribunal case against the Metropolitan Police for breaches of her human ...

25 Jan 2022 at 12:25

Police spying unit should have been shut down in 1970s, report finds

A secret police unit that spied on hundreds of campaign groups over four decades should have been closed down in the first years of its existence, a report has found. The shadowy actions of the Metropolitan Police Special Demonstration Squad (SDS) ...

29 Jun 2023 at 14:22

‘Police unit’s spying was not justified and squad should have been closed down’

Spying on left-wing groups by a secret Metropolitan police squad was not justified and the unit should have been closed down, a landmark report has found. Findings from the first part of a mammoth public inquiry into undercover policing were ...

29 Jun 2023 at 12:11

Secret police spy units ‘real subversion of democracy’, say campaigners

Secret police units who spied on political activists should never have existed and undermined democracy, campaigners have said ahead of the publication of a landmark report. The findings of the first part of the long-running public inquiry ...

29 Jun 2023 at 02:45

Ex-Met undercover officer would have kept job despite misconduct, tribunal rules

A former Metropolitan Police officer who had a sexual relationship with a woman he was spying on in a secretive undercover unit would have kept his job if he was still a serving officer, a tribunal panel ruled. Former detective constable ...

14 Jul 2023 at 18:34

Undercover officer guilty of gross misconduct over relationship with activist

A former Metropolitan Police officer who had a sexual relationship with a woman he was spying on in a secretive undercover unit has been found guilty of gross misconduct. Former detective constable James Boyling, of the Met’s Special ...

14 Jul 2023 at 16:04

‘Heed the lessons from undercover policing inquiry’, lead lawyer warns

The lead lawyer in the public inquiry into undercover policing has warned the next government and law enforcement to “heed the lessons” from past use of police spies. David Barr KC said the inquiry is not purely a historical ...

01 Jul 2024 at 14:40

Next stage in Undercover Policing Inquiry to begin

The next stage of the mammoth public inquiry into the activities of undercover police is due to begin on Monday. Opening statements will be made over three days at the start of a batch of hearings looking at the since ...

01 Jul 2024 at 02:45

Woman discovered close friend had been police spy on social media, inquiry told

A woman who says she was deceived into having sex with an undercover police officer only found out his true identity more than 20 years later on social media, a public inquiry has heard. The woman, referred to as ...

02 Jul 2024 at 15:14

Neville Lawrence welcomes chance for undercover police evidence to be aired

The father of Stephen Lawrence has welcomed the chance for evidence to be heard in public about how undercover police officers infiltrated the justice campaign for his son. Neville Lawrence said the surveillance ...

10 Oct 2025 at 14:30

Neville Lawrence welcomes chance for undercover police evidence to be aired

13 Oct 2025 at 02:45

Undercover police inquiry to hear justice campaigners’ ‘deeply moving’ evidence

Race issues will be “particularly prominent” in the latest stage of a mammoth public inquiry into undercover policing, a hearing has been told, with “deeply moving, at times harrowing” evidence ...

13 Oct 2025 at 16:29

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