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Scots police watchdog defends spy cops probe after conflict of interest row

SCOTLAND’S police watchdog defended the integrity of its probe into undercover policing today.

 This is despite revelations that one of its investigators had worked at a spycops unit where he sacked a whistleblower.

The whistleblower, known only as Mrs K, was alarmed that fellow undercover officers were destroying sensitive files.

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