Police Admit Sexual Deception

LEGAL papers yesterday revealed that police have admitted that the managers of an undercover officer knew that he was having a long-term sexual relationship with a woman who he deceived.  This is the first admission by senior police officers that undercover done this.  Hitherto, the top brass had claimed that undercover officers were not allowed to have sexual relationships with campaigners they were spying on under any circumstances.

 This admission admission was made by police in a legal case launched by Kate Wilson, an environmental and social justice activist who was deceived into a two-year intimate relationship by the undercover officer Mark Kennedy.

This is the first case to be heard by the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) from a woman who had a sexual relationship with a police spy who concealed his true identity from her.

Wilson is one of a dozen women who have successfully sued police in high court case.

After a lengthy legal battle in the high court, the Met has been forced to pay compensation to the women, although it successfully avoided handing over any internal documents about the relationships.

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