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AN INQUIRY into undercover policing will not release either the real name or the alias of an officer accused of spying on the friends and family of Stephen Lawrence.
Inquiry chairman Sir John Mitting announced yesterday that he will publish the “cover names” of five officers in the new year. These include one officer, known as HN81, who was key to the Met’s infiltration of the murdered teenager’s family’s campaign for justice.
The real names of the five will remain withheld.
But Mr Mitting has ruled that another officer alleged to have been involved in the operation, HN123, should have both his real name and his cover name protected.
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