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How I discovered my partner was an undercover police officer sent to spy on me (www.independent.co.uk)

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Kate Wilson won a legal battle against the Metropolitan Police after discovering her long-term boyfriend was an undercover officer

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[–] [email protected] 76 points 1 day ago (3 children)

This is one of my fears. I can’t imagine the betrayal and lack of ethics. I can’t imagine a person who would sell their souls to date someone they hate like this. Just thinking about it ugh! I’m in a community with a bunch of degenerates and sometimes I’ve dated guys who just seem to be lying through their teeth that they like me. I stopped frequenting their bars. Doesn’t help when the photographer at events is an undercover cop. I’m not the one in biker gangs but I stopped going because of all the fake suspicion. Still I’d need soooooo much therapy. I hope she got a huuuuge settlement.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

Maybe not as huge as it should be but

In 2021, the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) ordered the Met Police and NPCC to pay a total of £229,471 to Ms Wilson “by way of just satisfaction for the breaches of her human rights”

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago

I hope a sincere apology was included in that as well.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 23 hours ago

Not nearly enough.

[–] [email protected] 60 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If they slept together he raped her with government backing

[–] [email protected] 31 points 22 hours ago

Kennedy, who resigned from the Met in 2010, had sexual relationships with as many as 10 other women while undercover.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 19 hours ago

"This is one of my fears"

I'm so sorry that this is actually a concern that someone legitimately feels. It's unbelievable to me that anyone could date someone they don't like, for whatever reason...

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