Undercover officer with fake name denied two relationships but then changed storyA police spy appears to have misled a public inquiry about sexual relationships he had with two women while he was undercover. The undercover officer initially told the inquiry he had not had sexual relationships with the two women while using the fake name of James Straven. According to the inquiry, Straven denied the existence of the two relationships in a signed statement in October 2017. Police have paid compensation to at least 12 women who were deceived by undercover officers who spied on political groups. Undercover officers routinely stole the identities of dead children but did so with the authority of their superiors.

Source: The Guardian January 06, 2019 16:41 UTC