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Major new spycops resource! The Undercover Research Group have launched their new site
spycopsresearch.info/

It's not for beginners, more for those wanting to take a deeper dive into the public inquiry & all the info it's published - secret files, profiles of officers, mapping organisational structure. Huge amount of material & a lot more to come!

spycopsresearch.infonodegrid | Spycops

Spycop HN85 Roger Pearce 'Roger Thorley' infiltrated anarchist groups 1979-84. He gave evidence to the spycops public inquiry in July 2024. The Inquiry hasn't posted video of him being questioned on its YouTube channel, so we've posted it on ours.

Thorley wrote anti-police articles while undercover. Afterwards he became a Special Branch manager before retiring in 2003 to write awful novels.

youtube.com/watch?v=FiQHX0H-Fgs

Three great spycops articles from the Guardian today:

At least 25 spycops deceived women they spied on into sexual relationships, 4 of them having kids. The true figure is likely much higher - the public inquiry has granted most of them anonymity, we only have full details on the ones we unmasked ourselves.

theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/m

The Guardian · Revealed: at least 25 UK ‘spy cops’ had sex with deceived members of publicBy Rob Evans

The new 3-part ITV documentary series 'The Undercover Police Scandal: Love and Lies Exposed' will premiere on Thursday 6 March at 9pm. Five women deceived into relationships by spycops tell their stories in detail.

radiotimes.com/tv/documentarie

Radio TimesITV announces shocking British scandal documentary The Undercover Police ScandalThe three-part series will air on ITV1 and ITVX in the near future.
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They've done nothing of the sort, we're still waiting for the records of most of the hearings from November onwards.

So we're working through our notes and live tweets to write the reports anyway.

Here's our summary of the evidence from 'Walter', a hunt saboteur in the 1980s and 1990s who was spied on and lied about by six different spycops for no real reason.

campaignopposingpolicesurveill

Campaign Opposing Police Surveillance · UCPI – Daily Report: 9 December 2024 – 'Walter'The Undercover Policing Inquiry hears from hunt saboteur 'Walter', spied on by numerous officers in the 1980s & 90s for no real reason

In the final questions of his time at the #spycops public inquiry, manager HN109 pointed the finger at Bob Lambert for burning down a Debenhams store while undercover. He also said he was horrified to learn about Lambert & John Dines deceiving women into relationships, it meant he hadn't done his job, & he apologised to the women.

youtube.com/watch?v=V3I6pAEwB9E

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Superiors told HN109 he could have Lambert, Dines & other officers involved sacked. He didn't do it, & now says it's the thing he regrets most.

Part of the reasons for his extreme anonymity at the Inquiry - nobody sees his face & his voice is modulated - is fear of reprisals from his former colleagues.

For more about Stefan Scutt, listen to this episode of the Spycops Info podcast

youtube.com/watch?v=ZpSlbjDiysA

A different reaction video at lunchtime - Tom leaves the #spycops inquiry to join the Defend Our Juries protest at the Royal Courts of Justice which opposes custodial sentences for peaceful protest.

He's joined by fellow spycops inquiry core participants Zoe Young & Tom Harris

youtube.com/watch?v=v0LAm3KdT-4

A reaction report from the morning of the Undercover Policing Inquiry's 2nd day questioning a manager known only as HN109.

He's pivoted to say that officers were explicitly told they shouldn't deceive women into sexual relationships. He still implausibly claims he never knew about any of them even though several of his officers were in cohabiting relationships, though.

youtube.com/watch?v=ClYKl3KmLgs