Industrial-levels of police infiltration of progressive campaign groups began during anti-Vietnam war movement in 1968
Metropolitan Police admits for the first time to Declassified that it spied for MI5
Justice campaigns led by families of people killed in police custody were a particular target of so-called “spycops”. The victims were mostly black men
Undercover police spied on Labour politicians and nearly every group to party’s left
Some women, who were tricked into romantic relationships, say it was like being “raped by the state”
Extinction Rebellion and Black Lives Matter believed to be the most likely targets of current undercover police infiltration
A serving MP and Islington councillor who allegedly threatened and made numerous unwanted telephone calls to a woman will appear in court later (March 16).
07:40 EDT, 16 March 2021
A serving MP accused of harassment has had her trial adjourned after her barrister fell ill.
Claudia Webbe, who was elected Labour MP for Leicester East in December 2019, was due to stand trial today to face a single charge of harassment, which she denies.
The 56-year-old was set to appear at Westminster Magistrates court later today, charged with harassing a woman named Michelle Merritt.
Claudia Webbe was pictured this morning arriving at Westminster Magistrates court, where she is charged with harassing a woman named Michelle Merritt
Leicester East MP Claudia Webbe with former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn
Ms Webbe is charged with one count, that between September 1, 2018 and April 26, 2020, she pursued a course of conduct which amounted to the harassment of Michelle Merritt, which Webbe knew or ought to have known amounted to harassment.
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