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Cops who killed Blair Peach 'escaped justice due to police spying,' inquiry hears
Celia Peach (now Stubbs) and demonstrators staging a silent protest outside Fulham Town Hall in 1979
POLICE spied on the partner of a protester killed by officers in order to stay “one step ahead” of her campaign for justice, a public inquiry heard yesterday.
Celia Stubbs was spied on for 20 years following the death of her partner Blair Peach at a protest against the National Front in Southall in 1979.
His death at the hands of riot officers prompted one of the most notorious police cover-ups in modern policing history. In the 42 years since his death, no officer has ever been charged.
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