Mother whose dead child's identity was stolen by spycops died before finding the truth, inquiry hears
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A BEREAVED mother who fought for 10 years to gain answers after discovering that her dead child’s identity was stolen by an undercover police officer has died before finding out the truth, the inquiry into the scandal heard today.
After the macabre tactic was exposed, Barbara Shaw played a central role in the bereaved families’ pursuit for information and accountability from the Metropolitan Police.
The identity of Shaw’s son, Rod Richardson, who died two days after he was born in 1973, was taken by an undercover officer, who used it to spy on anti-capitalist activists.
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