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Spycops inquiry challenged over hiding officers’ identities
A spycops campaigner outside the High Court

VICTIMS of undercover police spying are seeking permission to challenge the decision by the inquiry into the scandal to conceal spycops’ identities.

Three claimants, including a cousin of Jean Charles de Menezes, attempted to bring the challenge at the High Court today.

Police spied on the de Menezes family as they campaigned for justice after the Brazilian electrician was shot dead by police at Stockwell Tube station in 2005 in a case of mistaken identity.

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