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Kate Wilson arrives at the Royal Courts of Justice in London for her High Court hearing over undercover police relationships
THERE was “no clear rationale, justification or necessity” for spycops to adopt the “repulsive practice” of stealing the identities of deceased children, a public inquiry heard today.
The disturbing tactic was used by undercover officers serving in the Special Demonstration Squad (SDS), a secret unit of the Metropolitan Police which infiltrated protest groups over 40 years.
At least 42 officers are known to have stolen elements of dead children’s identities to use while undercover, including their names, dates of birth and even details from their lives.
BEN CHACKO reports on the struggles against sexism, racism and the brutish British state that featured at Matchwomen’s Festival this year
To quell the public anger and silence the far right, Labour has rushed out a report so that it can launch a National Inquiry — ANN CZERNIK examines Baroness Casey’s incendiary audit and finds fatal flaws that fail to 'draw a line' under the scandal as hoped