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Spycop compares officers tricking women into sexual relationships with a covert drug squad ‘sampling the product’
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by Bethany Rielly
A SPYCOP said yesterday that it was “acceptable” for undercover officers to deceive women into sexual relationships, comparing the tactic to a covert drug squad “sampling the product.”
The former police officer’s response was met with gasps at the undercover policing inquiry viewing room in central London.
The public inquiry into the infiltration of political groups heard from a police witness who infiltrated Black Power and groups associated with Bangladesh in the early 1970s.
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