Undercover police officer lied to spycops inquiry about sexual relationship
Officer forced to admit relationship with woman lasting at least six months while working under fake name Dave Evans
TL;DR
- Undercover officer Dave Evans admitted to having a sexual relationship during his deployment, contradicting earlier testimony.
- Evans initially stated he had no relationships while undercover but later admitted to a relationship lasting at least six months, possibly up to two years.
- The admission came after campaigners presented evidence of the relationship to the spycops inquiry.
- A central issue of the inquiry is undercover officers having sexual relations with women without revealing their identities.
- Evans infiltrated the Socialist Workers party and animal rights groups between 1998 and 2005.
- He claimed he did not disclose the relationship because the woman was not an activist and he didn't feel it was relevant.