Judges criticise Met police after woman wins spy cop case

Tribunal rules in favour of Kate Wilson over breach of human rights, citing ‘lamentable failings’

Police have been been severely criticised by judges who ruled that they grossly violated the human rights of a woman who was deceived into a long-term intimate relationship by an undercover officer.

The judges ruled overwhelmingly in favour of Kate Wilson, an environmental and social justice activist, who has pursued a decade-long campaign to uncover the truth.

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