Solicitor Harriet Wistrich compares the way the courts handled the cases of Justine McNally and eight undercover police officers. Justine McNally, an 18-year-old lesbian, was sentenced on 21 March 2013 to three years in prison for 6 counts of sexual…
Vigil at Scotland Yard – 21 Oct 2014 5-7pm
Supporters of the women taking this legal action may be interested in attending and supporting this vigil; Helen Steel will be one of the speakers. We extend our solidarity and sympathy to all those affected by systematic abuse by the…
Statement from the women re HMIC Report into Undercover Policing: “We are not reassured”
We believe this report is the latest in a long line of official attempts to whitewash the human rights abuses of undercover police officers deceiving women into intimate sexual relationships. The report is full of contradictions on this issue. Despite…
PRESS RELEASE: Response to CPS decision re undercover relationships – “it makes no sense that there can be no prosecution”
Birnberg Peirce and Partners: Press Release on behalf of women victims of police misconduct, concerning CPS decision not to charge any officers from MPS Special Demonstration Squad 21 August 2014 Eight women who were deceived into entering long term intimate…
PRESS RELEASE: Metropolitan Police confirm identity of undercover officers following legal challenge by women
Press release on behalf of women deceived by undercover police – issued by Birnberg Peirce and partners, 14 August 2014 The Metropolitan Police have formally confirmed, for the first time, the identities of two undercover police officers serving in the…