On 20 November 2015 the women won a very significant development: after a four-year legal battle, the Metropolitan Police apologised. The apology was part of a settlement with all but one of the women. Follow these links for the full detail: – Statement from the women – Quotations from the women – The Apology – […]
Monthly Archives: November 2015
Met police finally concede undercover relationships were an abuse of power and violated women’s human rights
Statement by the eight women: In the apology issued today by Assistant Commissioner Martin Hewitt, the Metropolitan Police finally conceded that “officers, acting undercover whilst seeking to infiltrate protest groups, entered into long-term intimate sexual relationships with women which were abusive, deceitful, manipulative and wrong” and that “these relationships were a violation of the women’s […]