In 2020, after the couple were engaged to be married, the woman discovered that her fiance, whom she believed to be a businessman, was in fact a police officer who had subjected her to a sophisticated deception lasting almost two decades.
Undercover police, who often turn up out of the blue with next to no connections in an area, have in the past been known to form relationships with innocent people to build credibility into their cover story, or “legend”.
Relatives recall the undercover officer, who was also black, as a “charismatic but quiet” man who appeared to be interested in cars and spent his spare time weight training and doing martial arts.
Mary’s experience bears some similarities with cases in the so-called “spycops” scandal, in which many women were deceived into long-term relationships by undercover police officers who were spying on mostly leftwing political groups.
Unlike those cases, which are the subject of an ongoing public inquiry by Sir John Mitting, a former high court judge, Mary’s fiance was not gathering intelligence on protest groups.
Her siblings say that Avon and Somerset police have consistently put pressure on them not to speak publicly about the relationship, warning of the risk of social unrest if the news got out.
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Mary’s fiance was not gathering intelligence on protest groups.
Her siblings say that Avon and Somerset police have consistently put pressure on them not to speak publicly about the relationship, warning of the risk of social unrest if the news got out.
Embedded into a black community and speaking publicly will cause social unrest…
I think we have a racist spy-op instead of an anti-left syp-op this time
This is the best summary I could come up with:
In 2020, after the couple were engaged to be married, the woman discovered that her fiance, whom she believed to be a businessman, was in fact a police officer who had subjected her to a sophisticated deception lasting almost two decades.
Undercover police, who often turn up out of the blue with next to no connections in an area, have in the past been known to form relationships with innocent people to build credibility into their cover story, or “legend”.
Relatives recall the undercover officer, who was also black, as a “charismatic but quiet” man who appeared to be interested in cars and spent his spare time weight training and doing martial arts.
Mary’s experience bears some similarities with cases in the so-called “spycops” scandal, in which many women were deceived into long-term relationships by undercover police officers who were spying on mostly leftwing political groups.
Unlike those cases, which are the subject of an ongoing public inquiry by Sir John Mitting, a former high court judge, Mary’s fiance was not gathering intelligence on protest groups.
Her siblings say that Avon and Somerset police have consistently put pressure on them not to speak publicly about the relationship, warning of the risk of social unrest if the news got out.
The original article contains 2,103 words, the summary contains 209 words. Saved 90%. I’m a bot and I’m open source!
Embedded into a black community and speaking publicly will cause social unrest…
I think we have a racist spy-op instead of an anti-left syp-op this time
Ahh the British police are special some times