Undercover

Un alto mando policial advierte que cada vez más jóvenes se ven atraídos por el extremismo violento tras la declaración de culpabilidad de Alfie Coleman. Cada vez más jóvenes se ven atraídos hacia el mundo del extremismo violento, advirtió un alto mando policial, después de que un joven neonazi fuera condenado por planear un ataque armado masivo tras ser capturado en una operación encubierta del MI5. Alfie Coleman, un extrabajador de supermercado de Great Notley en Essex, elaboró una lista de odio de colegas y clientes a los que calificó con insultos raciales o como “traidores a la raza”. Escribió un “manifiesto” en un diario e identificó posibles objetivos, incluyendo al “lord mayor de Londres” y una mezquita. Siga leyendo...

Conviction revealed during questioning of Rob Hastings about a second woman whom he deceived into intimate relationshipAn undercover officer who deceived a woman into an intimate relationship was later convicted and dismissed from the police for assaulting his long-term partner, the public inquiry into undercover policing has heard.Rob Hastings, who infiltrated pro-Palestinian and left wing protest groups for three years during his covert deployment, was convicted of assaulting his now ex-partner and mother of his three children in 2014. He was sacked by the Metropolitan police for gross misconduct as a result. Continue reading...

Officer said he held himself responsible for accidentally phoning activist while in secret special branch meetingAn undercover police officer has admitted he was exposed as an infiltrator by his own blunder, which has been described by activists as worthy of Inspector Clouseau, the spycops public inquiry has heard.The officer, who used the fake name Simon Wellings, jeopardised his own covert deployment by mistakenly recording himself discussing individual campaigners with other special branch officers. Continue reading...