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Spycops did not abuse police powers when they slept with activists, boss claims
People attend the protest organised by the feminist action group Sisters Uncut near the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police, New Scotland Yard, in London, calling for the public to withdraw their consent from British policing, in March 2022
A SENIOR police manager has said that undercover officers who deceived activists into sexual relationships did not abuse their powers because the women “consented,” an inquiry heard today.
Angus McIntosh served as a detective inspector in the special demonstration squad, a secret Scotland Yard unit that spied on largely left-wing political groups between 1976 and 1979.
During that time, he supervised multiple officers who had sex with their targets while pretending to be political activists.
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