by Bethany Rielly

UNDERCOVER policing operations started in Scotland in the late 1960s, yet an inquiry into spycop abuses is limited to England and Wales. 

Campaigners expressed frustration today after it was revealed by the Undercover Policing inquiry that spycops were operating in Scotland as far back as 1969. 

This was disclosed in a witness statement by a former officer with the Metropolitan Police’s Special Demonstration Squad — which infiltrated protest groups.