at the Undercover Policing Inquiry in the Amba Hotel, central London
AN UNDERCOVER officer who was unmasked as a spycop was ordered by senior police to claim that his bosses were unaware of his clandestine activities, the continuing public inquiry heard today.
After his cover was blown, “Dave Robertson,” an officer who infiltrated small Moaist groups in the 1970s, said he was paid a visit by the Metropolitan Police’s deputy commissioner and the head of the force’s special branch.
He claimed senior officers had created a “masterplan” to deal with the problem, and said that if he was confronted for being a spycop, he should say that he was “acting completely ‘off my own bat’ and that my superior officers were unaware of what I was doing,” the inquiry heard.
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An undercover officer terrified a woman with a ânastyâ threat of violence to her family after she appeared to unmask him as a police spy, a public inquiry has heard.
The undercover officer, David Robertson, has also been accused of pulling her away forcefully by the wrist after she had identified him at a public meeting.
The allegations are denied by the officer, who infiltrated small leftwing groups, including the Revolutionary Marxist Leninist League, between 1970 and 1973. Robertsonâs managers decided to end his covert deployment as a result of the incident.
On Monday, Diane Langford, a leftwing campaigner who was spied on by Robertson and five other undercover officers, gave details of what she called the âextremely sinisterâ incident.