An undercover officer who had an unauthorised sexual relationship with an environmental campaigner has been dismissed from the police after a disciplinary hearing. He is the first undercover officer sent to spy on political groups who is known to have been dismissed for sexual misconduct. Police chiefs have claimed that undercover officers were not permitted to form relationships with campaigners they were assigned to spy on. The misconduct panel was held seven years after Boyling was exposed as an undercover officer when Laura disclosed details of their relationship to the Guardian. The Met said the disciplinary panel had ruled that Boyling had had a long-term sexual relationship using his fake identity, had concealed this relationship from his superiors and disclosed police secrets.

Source: The Guardian May 03, 2018 18:25 UTC