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Demonstrators outside the Royal Courts of Justice, London, where an Investigatory Powers Tribunal is hearing the case of Kate Wilson (right) who was deceived into a relationship by undercover police officer Mark Kennedy in October 2018
by Bethany Rielly
A LAWYER representing more than 100 spycops has defended the practice of stealing dead children’s identities, claiming it was “essential” for protecting undercover officers.
Speaking at the undercover policing inquiry today Oliver Sanders QC also dismissed cases in which officers engaged in “casual” sexual relationships with activists as “consensual.”
The inquiry is examining the tactics used by the Metropolitan Police’s special demonstration squad (SDS) and national public-order intelligence unit (NPOIU) whose officers together spied on over 1,000 political groups dating back to 1968.
BEN CHACKO reports on the struggles against sexism, racism and the brutish British state that featured at Matchwomen’s Festival this year
To quell the public anger and silence the far right, Labour has rushed out a report so that it can launch a National Inquiry — ANN CZERNIK examines Baroness Casey’s incendiary audit and finds fatal flaws that fail to 'draw a line' under the scandal as hoped
