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Spycops Inquiry: Undercover officer had sexual relationship with ‘very vulnerable’ campaigner
The activist said she was very vulnerable as a result of recently leaving her abusive ex-husband
Demonstrators outside the Amba Hotel at Marble Arch, London, where the Undercover Policing Inquiry are holding hearings
by Bethany Rielly
in central London
AN UNDERCOVER officer struck up a sexual relationship with a “very vulnerable” campaigner who had recently left her abusive ex-husband, a public inquiry heard today.
The woman, known only as Madeleine, said she had a relationship lasting a few months in the late 1970s with “Vince Miller,” an undercover police officer who infiltrated protest groups.
At the time the relationship started, Madeleine said she was very vulnerable as a result of recently leaving her ex-husband, who had become controlling and possessive.
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