Undercover

Pejabat senior polisi memperingatkan kaum muda yang terjerumus ke dalam ekstremisme kekerasan seiring Alfie Coleman dinyatakan bersalahSemakin banyak kaum muda yang tertarik ke dunia ekstremisme kekerasan, seorang pejabat senior polisi memperingatkan, saat seorang neo-Nazi muda dinyatakan bersalah karena merencanakan serangan senjata massal setelah tertangkap dalam operasi penyamaran MI5.Alfie Coleman, mantan pekerja supermarket dari Great Notley di Essex, menyusun daftar kebencian berisi rekan kerja dan pelanggan yang ia labeli dengan hinaan rasial atau sebagai “race traitors”. Ia menulis sebuah “manifesto” dalam buku harian dan mengidentifikasi target potensial, termasuk “lord mayor of London” dan sebuah masjid. Lanjutkan membaca...

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...