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Anti-apartheid activist tells inquiry how spycop caused him to suffer a ‘total miscarriage of justice’

AN ANTI-APARTHEID activist told the spycops inquiry today that he suffered a “total miscarriage of justice” after being arrested at a protest because one of his co-defendants was an undercover officer.

Professor Jonathan Rosenhead was convicted of obstructing the highway after he was detained at an anti-apartheid demonstration in 1972, along with 14 others.

On Wednesday, the Undercover Policing Inquiry heard that one of those arrested was a police spy sent to infiltrate the campaign. 

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