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‘Spycops left my life shattered’
Inquiry told deceived women were made to feel worthless after being ‘used as mere objects to prop up lies of fake activists’

by Bethany Rielly

WOMEN coerced into intimate long-term relationships with spycops were exploited as “mere objects” to prop up the fake identities of officers, their lawyer told a public inquiry yesterday. 

Speaking on behalf of 21 women, Phillippa Kaufmann QC told the Undercover Policing Inquiry that the relationships were “driven by institutional sexism” in the police. 

Many took place in the last 20 years, with the most recent ending as recently as 2015. 

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