| Undercover police officers have spied on more than 1,000 political groups since 1968. However, no official list of these groups has been published. This database is an attempt to compile such a list. It is a work in progress and will be updated as more information is made public. The aim is to make more visible the nature and scope of a covert operation that has spanned more than four decades. The information has been compiled following investigations by the Guardian and the Undercover Research Group, a network of activists that scrutinises the covert infiltration of political movements. The group is also publishing a similar database. The HN or EN ciphers have been allocated to individual officers at a public inquiry that is examining the infiltration. Explore the list of groups that were spied on Filter by group type: Animal rights Environment Anti-nuclear Anarchist Anti-Apartheid Anti-imperialist Anti-capitalist Anti-racist Anti-war Leftwing Justice campaign Trade union Far right Irish issues Progressive Civil liberties Community Found 214 matching results... Action for Radical ChangeProgressive Fake IDLynn Watson Dates2002-2008 CypherEN34 This was a group of activists in Leeds that received a grant to rent a space that would be used to organise protests, eventually setting up the Common Place community centre. Watson appeared in this group in 2004. Action Medics CollectiveProgressive Fake IDLynn Watson Dates2002-2008 CypherEN34 Watson attached herself to this group of first-aid volunteers who tended to injured protesters. Action to Abolish the Grand NationalAnimal rights Fake IDMatt Rayner Dates1991-1996 CypherHN1 An activist, Paul Gravett, has described how Rayner drove campaigners who helped to disrupt the 1993 Grand National, which had to be abandoned. Activist Tat CollectiveEnvironment Fake IDMark Stone Dates2003-2010 Cypher— Stone was highly involved in the logistics of environmental protests. He helped set up this collective, which stored equipment that could be loaned out to protest organisers. It enabled him to gain advance warning of protests. Aldermaston Women's Peace CampAnti-nuclear Fake IDLynn Watson Dates2002-2008 CypherEN34 This group of women protested against the nuclear weapons base at Aldermaston in Berkshire for many years. In 2004, Watson pretended to be a campaigner and was quickly able to make friends with the protesters. Anarchy CollectiveAnarchist Fake IDGraham Coates Dates1976-1979 CypherHN304 Little is known about this infiltration. Animal Liberation FrontAnimal rights Fake IDBob Robinson Dates1984-1989 CypherHN10 Bob Lambert, who used the fake identity of Bob Robinson during his covert deployment, has been accused of carrying out an arson attack on a Debenhams department store – an allegation he denies. He has said he was responsible for helping to jail two animal rights activists, Andrew Clarke and Geoff Sheppard, for setting fire to Debenhams stores in 1987. Fake IDJohn Barker Dates1987-1991 CypherHN5 Barker took part in animal rights protests, for example to disrupt grouse shoots and against a chicken factory. Fake IDAndy Davey Dates1991-1995 CypherHN2 Davey infiltrated a number of animal rights groups during his deployment. Fake IDMatt Rayner Dates1991-1996 CypherHN1 Rayner has been accused of encouraging and helping an animal rights campaigner to commit illegal acts which led to him being jailed for four years, according to legal documents. Fake IDChristine Green Dates1994-1999 CypherHN26 Police have apologised after admitting that Green helped to release thousands of mink into the countryside during an animal rights raid. She has criticised senior officers for naming her while concealing the identities of her superiors, who authorised her to take part in the raid. Fake IDJames Straven Dates1997-2002 CypherHN16 According to the public inquiry, in October 2017, Straven denied conducting sexual relationships with two women while he was undercover. The inquiry did not accept his denial. In April 2018, he admitted he had sexual relationships with two women, known as "Ellie" and "Sara". The inquiry attempted to obtain from him contact details for Ellie. He said that all he could provide was "a guess at an old email address". In August 2018, Ellie came foward and said she had had a sexual relationship with Straven in 1999-00 and had remained in touch with him. She said Straven had contacted her to say he had been an undercover officer in the Special Demonstration Squad and warned her that the inquiry may be in touch. She has told the inquiry that Straven deceived her into a sexual relationship that started in 2001 and lasted about a year. Sara has told the inquiry that he deceived her into a sexual relationship between late 1998 and March 2001. Animal Liberation Front Supporters GroupAnimal rights Fake IDAndy Davey Dates1991-1995 CypherHN2 This group, according to its website, has sought to provide financial and practical support to animal rights activists who have been jailed as a result of protests. Anti-Apartheid MovementAnti-Apartheid Fake IDUnknown DatesLate 1960s Cypher— An undercover officer, whose real name was Mike Ferguson, was sent to infiltrate the Anti-Apartheid Movement in the late 1960s. According to his handler Wilf Knight, the officer foiled at least one demonstration by campaigners. Fake IDStewart Goodman Dates1970-1971 CypherHN339 Police conducted large-scale surveillance of campaigners in the UK who supported the end of apartheid. Fake IDMichael Scott Dates1971-1976 CypherHN298 According to the public inquiry, Scott was arrested at a demonstration against the British Lions rugby tour to South Africa on 12 May 1972 for obstruction of the highway and of a police officer. He was prosecuted in summary proceedings in his cover name. He was convicted, fined and made the subject of a conditional discharge. His actions were approved by his line management. Anti-Internment LeagueIrish issues Fake IDIan Cameron Dates1971-1972 CypherHN344 In August 1971, the British government arrested and interned hundreds of people suspected of being involved in the IRA. Campaigners demanded their release and the withdrawal of British troops from Ireland. Little is known about his deployment. According to the public inquiry, "he resigned from the Metropolitan Police Service in the early 1980s. Subsequently he was arrested for the unauthorised possession of official documents. He was not prosecuted on the advice of the Director of Public Prosecutions. Thereafter, he undertook work in the private security sector in Asia." Fake IDDavid Hughes Dates1971-1976 CypherHN342/299 Little is known about this infiltration. Anti-Fascist ActionAnti-racist Fake IDMark Cassidy Dates1995-2000 CypherHN15 During his deployment, Cassidy had a five-year intimate relationship with a woman, known as Alison, who had no idea that he was an undercover police spy. They lived together in a flat while at the same time he was married to another woman with children. At the end of his deployment, he pretended to have depression and disappeared from Alison's life. After many years of detective work, she established his true identity and successfully sued the police. Antifa/No PlatformAnti-racist Fake IDCarlo Neri Dates2000-2006 CypherHN104 Neri has been accused of attempting to incite two activists to set fire to a charity shop that was allegedly operated as a fascist front. Anti-Nazi LeagueAnti-racist Fake IDColin Clark Dates1977-1982 CypherHN80 Clark is likely to have infiltrated this group as part of his deployment spying on the Socialist Workers party (SWP). This group was widely seen as a front for the SWP. Fake IDUnknown DatesLate 1970s-early 1980s CypherHN21 According to the public inquiry, he "principally" infiltrated one group "and came into contact with others upon which reports were made". He appeared on a BBC documentary in 2002, using the alias "Geoff", saying that he infiltrated the SWP. He also said he attended the Rock Against Racism/ANL concert in east London in 1978 at which, he says, he helped with fundraising. Anti-poll tax campaignsAnti-poll tax Fake IDJohn Barker Dates1987-1991 CypherHN5 Barker was arrested at a large demonstration against the poll tax in central London in March 1990. He later wrote an anti-police account of his detention in a pamphlet under the pseudonym Wayne Cadogan. He also designed a poster to support protesters. Fake IDMark Kerry Dates1988-1992 CypherHN90 According to the public inquiry, Kerry, who posed as a Left-wing activist, also gathered information on demonstrations against the Conservative government's plans to make people pay a poll tax to fund local government. Active Resistance to the Roots of War (Arrow)Anti-War Fake IDAndy Davey Dates1991-1995 CypherHN2 Peace News magazine has described how Davey attended meetings of this group and a demonstration at an American airbase in Gloucestershire in 1991. Banner BooksLeft-wing Fake IDDavid Robertson Dates1970-1973 CypherHN45 He infiltrated a Left-wing bookshop (since closed) in Camden, north London. It has been suggested that Robertson cut short his deployment after he was recognised as a special branch officer. Big FlameLeft-wing Fake IDRick Gibson Dates1974-1976 CypherHN297 Gibson's undercover deployment was ended early after activists became suspicious. They confronted him after discovering a death certificate showing the individual that Gibson was purporting to be had died as a boy. Black Power MovementAnti-racist Fake IDPeter Fredericks Dates1971 CypherHN345 Police monitored protests organised by black power activists who campaigned against racism. According to the public inquiry, he spied on a number of groups, including those opposed to apartheid in South Africa. Blair Peach campaignJustice campaign Fake IDUnknown Dates— Cypher— One of the most controversial events in modern policing history, Blair Peach, a 33-year-old anti-fascist protester, was almost certainly killed by police at a demonstration in April 1979. He died from a blow to the head during a demonstration against the National Front in London. Police have confirmed that the Special Demonstration Squad collected information about the campaign to uncover the truth about his death. Brian Douglas campaignJustice campaign Fake IDPeter Johnson Dates1993-1997 CypherHN43 Peter Francis, who infiltrated anti-racism groups as Peter Johnson, has said the lowest point of his undercover deployment was undermining this campaign, which wanted justice over the death of a man who was struck on the head by police. Brian Higgins Defence CampaignTrade union Fake IDMark Cassidy Dates1995-2000 CypherHN15 This campaign was established after a trade union official sued a union member for libel. Cassidy chaired some of the campaign's meetings, according to activists. British Communist PartyLeft-wing Fake IDDick Epps Dates1969-1972 CypherHN336 After his undercover deployment, he later worked for special branch's industrial section, which monitored trade unionists. British National partyFar right Fake IDAlan 'Nick' Nicholson Dates1990-1991 CypherHN56 According to the public inquiry, "he was deployed for about a year in the early 1990s into the moribund branch of one potentially violent group". His lawyers have said that "his level of infiltration was comparatively superficial". Fake IDUnknown DatesEarly 1990s Cypher— He infiltrated the BNP at a time when its headquarters were in a bookshop in Welling, south-east London. Campaigners pressed for the bookshop to be closed on the grounds that racist killings and attacks had increased in the area. During a demonstration against the bookshop in October 1993, he was inside the building. Fake IDDarren Prowse Dates2007 CypherHN44 According to the public inquiry, he was "deployed to build a legend to permit him to infiltrate violent elements of one group". He was part of the Special Demonstration Squad that was shut down and "his deployment was ended before he had succeeded in doing so". Brixton Hunt SaboteursAnimal rights Fake IDAndy Davey Dates1991-1995 CypherHN2 Davey, whose real name is Andy Coles, left the police in 2012 and became a Conservative councillor in Peterborough. There is a campaign to remove him from the council after a woman, known as Jessica, said he groomed and manipulated her into an intimate sexual relationship while he was undercover. He has denied this. She is taking legal action against the police. Brixton and Croydon Hunt SaboteursAnimal rights Fake IDJames Straven Dates1997-2002 CypherHN16 The public inquiry is investigating why and how this officer used a second fake identity, Kevin Crossland. According to the inquiry, the use of this second name "does not appear to have been sanctioned" by his supervisors in the Special Demonstration Squad. The real Kevin Crossland died aged five in a plane crash in 1966. His relatives have described how Kevin was flying with his family from Luton aiport to go on holiday: "Kevin and his sister were very excited, they had packed their favourite toys to take with them. On the way to Luton airport, both were singing 'we are going to the summer holiday'." The plane crashed as it was coming in to land in the former Yugoslavia. Broadwater Farm Defence CampaignJustice campaign Fake IDJohn Barker Dates— Cypher— The campaign was formed to support and defend people who had been arrested or convicted after disturbances on the Broadwater Farm estate in London in 1985. It campaigned for Winston Silcott and two others to be released from jail. A photograph shows that Barker, an undercover officer in the Special Demonstration Squad, attended a demonstration outside Wormwood Scrubs prison in 1988 where the trio were jailed. Building Workers GroupTrade union Fake IDMark Cassidy Dates1995-2000 CypherHN15 This was a group consisting of construction workers. According to activists, Cassidy regularly attended its meetings and sold its newssheet at pickets. Campaign for Nuclear DisarmamentAnti-nuclear Fake IDJohn Kerry Dates1980-1984 CypherHN65 Little is known about this officer. The state has conducted large-scale surveillance of CND, including phone tapping and the use of informers. Cardiff Anarchist Network (South Wales Anarchists)Anarchist Fake IDMarco Jacobs Dates2004-2009 CypherEN1 Two women have described how they were deceived into intimate sexual relationships with Jacobs during his deployment in Cardiff. Police paid compensation to the two women. Jacobs has denied that he had intimate relationships with them. In interviews during an internal police inquiry, he declined to answer further questions on the advice of his legal representative. Cherry Groce campaignJustice campaign Fake IDUnknown Dates— Cypher— The Special Demonstration Squad gathered information on the relatives of Groce whose shooting by police in 1985 sparked riots. City of London Anti-Apartheid GroupAnti-Apartheid Fake IDMark Kerry Dates1988-1992 CypherHN90 This group most notably held a non-stop demonstration outside the South African embassy in central London as part of the campaign to end apartheid. Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown ArmyLeft-wing Fake IDLynn Watson Dates2002-2008 CypherEN34 The idea behind this group was to use clowning as a way of protesting against capitalism and war. Video shows Watson dressed up in a clown costume – in pink and orange, with red dots on her cheeks and a green feather duster – in a protest against the Iraq war at the office of the Leeds MP Hilary Benn. Class WarAnarchist Fake IDUnknown Dates?-1992 Cypher— This officer held a meeting in 1992 in a safe house with David Shayler, the MI5 officer later jailed for breaking the Official Secrets Act. Shayler said the officer had been undercover for about four years. Fake IDDavid Hagan Dates1996-2001 CypherHN81 Hagan has said he suffered post-traumatic stress disorder and depression as a result of the work he did for the Special Demonstration Squad. Climate CampEnvironment Fake IDLynn Watson Dates2002-2008 CypherEN34 Climate Camp was set up in the 2000s by environmentalists to carry out direct action. It held a series of mass demonstrations. Watson was present at a Climate Camp demonstration in 2006 outside the Drax power station in Yorkshire. She had a one-night stand with an activist; she appeared to abstain from sexual relationships with campaigners during her deployment. Fake IDMark Stone Dates2003-2010 Cypher— Stone infiltrated many environmental protests. In April 2009, he was among 114 activists who were arrested near the Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station in Nottinghamshire. The exposure of his true identity led to the botched prosecutions of 26 activists who had been accused of planning to occupy the power station. Fake IDEdward David Jones Dates2005-2007 CypherHN66 (EN327) He was "deployed against a variety of groups in the early and mid-2000s. None of them committed acts of serious violence," according to the public inquiry. The inquiry has suggested that he was present at a climate change demonstration at the Drax power station in 2006 (where his colleague Mark Stone was beaten up by uniformed police). Colin Roach campaignJustice campaign Fake IDUnknown Dates1980s Cypher— In 1983, Roach died from a gunshot wound in the foyer of Stoke Newington police station in north-east London. An inquest jury ruled that he had committed suicide. A campaign disputed this verdict on a number of grounds and pressed for an independent investigation. Sir John Mitting, the retired judge leading the public inquiry, has said that the Special Demonstration Squad collected a significant amount of information on the campaign's activities. The squad gathered information on individuals who were part of the campaign, although it did not infiltrate the campaign itself, according to Mitting. Colin Roach CentreCommunity centre, London Fake IDMark Cassidy Dates1995-2000 CypherHN15 The centre in east London was named after a 21-year-old black man who died in the foyer of Stoke Newington police station in north-east London in 1983. Activists at the centre helped to uncover allegations of police corruption in Hackney. Combat 18Far right Fake IDUnknown Dates1990s Cypher— In October 1993, anti-racist campaigners held a demonstration to close down the headquarters of the British National party in Welling, south-east London. This undercover officer had infiltrated this violent group and was in the company of neo-Nazis who were looking to beat up anti-racist demonstrators. Common PlaceCommunity centre, Leeds Fake IDLynn Watson Dates2002-2008 CypherEN34 Activists set up this centre in Leeds as a way of bringing about social change. For example, it hosted meals for homeless people and English classes for asylum seekers. Watson was its treasurer. Communication Workers Union (CWU)Trade union Fake IDPeter Johnson Dates1993-1997 CypherHN43 Peter Francis, who used the fake name of Peter Johnson while undercover, has disclosed that he gathered information on members of this union. Communist Party of England (Marxist-Leninist)Left-wing Fake IDDesmond/Barry Loader Dates1974-1978 CypherHN13 According to the public inquiry, he was twice prosecuted in 1978 for public order offences in his fake name, acquitted once and convicted once. He has since died. Cowley ClubCommunity centre, Brighton Fake IDMarco Jacobs Dates2004-2009 CypherEN1 Jacobs appeared in Brighton at the beginning of his deployment and started to turn up at this social centre. Activists there became suspicious that he was a police officer. He disappeared and was later sent to infiltrate campaigners in Cardiff. Dambusters Mobilising CommitteeLeft-wing Fake IDDouglas Edwards Dates1968-1971 CypherHN326 According to police, he was recruited to the Special Operations Squad, which later became known as the Special Demonstrations Squad, whose function was "to monitor protest groups who were a major concern of the government". It appears that he passed information about a number of so far unidentified Left-wing groups back to his superiors. Direct Action Movement (DAM)Anarchist Fake IDTony Williams Dates1978-1982 CypherHN20 This anarchist group was formed in 1979, so it is likely that this officer started his deployment in the other group he infiltrated, the Revolutionary Communist Tendency. Fake IDUnknown Dates1990-1993 Cypher— According to a confidential special branch document, a detective constable in the Special Demonstration Squad infiltrated the group in those years. Disarm DSEIAnti-war Fake IDJason Bishop Dates1998-2006 CypherHN3 According to activists, he helped organise demonstrations against the world's largest arms fair, Defence and Security Equipment International, which is held in London. DissentAnti-capitalist Fake IDSimon Wellings Dates2001-2006 CypherHN118 Wellings told activists he had a job installing security systems. He frequently travelled abroad to take part in demonstrations. Fake IDLynn Watson Dates2002-2008 CypherEN34 Dissent was the name given to an international network of radical groups that campaigned against the G8 summit in Scotland in 2005. Watson was one of 18 undercover officers who, according to an official report, infiltrated campaigners protesting against the summit. Fake IDMark Stone Dates2003-2010 Cypher— Stone infiltrated the core group of activists who were organising protests against the 2005 G8 summit of world leaders. He claims that his reports reached the desk of the then prime minister, Tony Blair. Fake IDMarco Jacobs Dates2004-2009 CypherEN1 According to his lawyers, Jacobs infiltrated Brighton Dissent Group in 2004 as police wanted information about protests that were to be organised against the G8 summit in Scotland the following year. Earth First!Environment Fake IDJim Sutton Dates1995-2000 CypherHN14 Sutton, whose real name is Jim Boyling, was dismissed from the police in 2018 after he was found guilty of gross misconduct. He deceived three women into sexual relationships while he was undercover. One of them has described how he isolated her and exploited her state of mind to entrap her in an abusive relationship. They married and had two children before separating. Boyling has denied he committed any criminal offence or misconduct while undercover. Fake IDJason Bishop Dates1998-2006 CypherHN3 The length of his undercover deployment – six years – appears to have been one of the longest of the undercover officers who were sent to infiltrate political groups. According to activists, he attended several meetings of the Earth First! group. Fake IDRod Richardson Dates1999-2003 CypherHN596 / EN32 To develop his alter ego, Richardson stole the identity of a boy who died two days after he was born in 1973. Following complaints from the boy's mother over four years, police admitted that the theft had caused her "huge hurt and offence". Fake IDJaqueline Anderson Dates2000-2005 CypherHN77 Little is known of her infiltration of this group, which carries out direct action. Fake IDMark Stone Dates2003-2010 Cypher— Stone attended an Earth First! meeting, an annual gathering of environmental activists, in Yorkshire in 2003, near the beginning of his covert deployment. Essex Hunt SaboteursAnimal rights Fake IDJim Sutton Dates1995-2000 CypherHN14 Sutton is recorded on camera with members of this group while he was pretending to be a hunt saboteur. He said he would be "delighted" to give evidence in support of four campaigners who were being tried for public order offences, according to documents. Fairford Coach ActionAnti-war Fake IDRod Richardson Dates1999-2003 CypherHN596 / EN32 Police have been accused of concealing the presence of Rod Richardson and Jason Bishop from judges in the UK's highest court in a long-running legal case. In 2003, more than 120 campaigners were unlawfully detained and prevented from attending a rally against the Iraq war at an airbase in Fairford, Gloucestershire. They successfully fought a decade-long battle to uphold their right to protest. Richardson was, according to activists, on one of the coaches carrying campaigners to the protest that were stopped by police and forced to return home. Fake IDJason Bishop Dates1998-2006 CypherHN3 Bishop, according to campaigners, was “heavily involved in the group laying on the coaches and other support”. Campaigners say that the two police spies could have provided crucial evidence to bolster their case and cut short "lengthy, stressful and expensive litigation". Freedom PressAnarchist Fake IDRoger Thorley Dates1979-1984 CypherHN85 Thorley wrote a series of articles for the anarchist paper Freedom Press and visited Belfast with activists during his deployment. Fire Brigades Union (FBU)Trade union Fake IDPeter Johnson Dates1993-1997 CypherHN43 Peter Francis, who used the fake name of Peter Johnson while undercover, has disclosed that he gathered information on members of this union. Globalise ResistanceAnti-capitalist Fake IDSimon Wellings Dates2001-2006 CypherHN118 Wellings was exposed after accidentally called an activist friend on his mobile and was diverted to answerphone. It recorded a short conversation Wellings had with another police officer discussing photographs of protesters. Activists realised he was an infiltrator. Fake IDRob Harrison Dates2004-2007 CypherHN18 According to the public inquiry, he was arrested for a minor public order offence together with several others. A document published by the inquiry indicates that he was arrested at a protest against a large arms trade fair in London, known as the Defence Systems and Equipment International exhibition (DSEI). Greenham Common Women’s Peace CampAnti-nuclear Fake IDKathryn Lesley (‘Lee’) Bonser Dates1983 - 1987 CypherHN 33 The public inquiry has said that this "deployment is of significant interest to the inquiry, because the group was non-violent and posed no serious threat to public order". It is understood that another undercover officer infiltrated the Greenham women. Hackney Community Defence AssociationJustice campaign Fake IDMark Cassidy Dates1995-2000 CypherHN15 This group investigated and uncovered instances of police corruption in the east London borough. It helped to overturn many convictions. Hackney Campaign Against Police BillCivil liberties Fake IDTimothy Spence Dates1983-1987 CypherHN88 This campaign in London objected to a government bill that sought to give the police more powers. The bill was criticised for being draconian. It eventually came into force in 1985. Harry Stanley campaignJustice campaign Fake IDUnknown Dates— Cypher— Police have admitted that the Special Demonstration Squad gathered information on this campaign, set up after a man carrying a table leg was gunned down by officers who mistook it for a shotgun. Police have not disclosed which officers collected the information Independent Labour partyLeft-wing Fake IDDouglas Edwards Dates1968-1971 CypherHN326 He says that some of the activists he infiltrated were "really nice, pleasant, intelligent people". He adds that there were a "couple of people in the ILP that I was close to". He told activists that he was a long-distance lorry driver. International Marxist GroupLeft-wing Fake IDWilliam Paul Lewis Dates1968-1969 CypherHN321 He says he was was mainly known as Bill. Little is known about his infiltration of this group. Fake IDDick Epps Dates1969-1972 CypherHN336 According to the public inquiry, he was deployed against this group and "peripherally" the British Communist party, and "provided intelligence on others to his supervisors". According to a BBC documentary in 2002, he learned that activists suspected he was an infiltrator from a phone tap on the group. Fake IDAlan Nixon Dates1969-1972 CypherHN340 The public inquiry has said that he reported on a number of groups it has yet to fully identify. Fake IDDavid Hughes Dates1971-1976 CypherHN342/299 Little is known about his deployment into this group. According to the public inquiry, he was deployed against three groups "of his own selection". Fake IDGary Roberts Dates1974-1978 CypherHN353 Little is known about his deployment into this group. Independent Working Class AssociationLeft-wing Fake IDMark Cassidy Dates1995-2000 CypherHN15 Cassidy infiltrated this group, which was set up in 1995 as a political party to promote the political and economic interests of the working class. International Solidarity MovementPro-Palestinian Fake IDRob Harrison Dates2004-2007 CypherHN18 Founded in August 2001, this is a pro-Palestinian group. According to an account by the Electronic Intifada website, Harrison infiltrated the London chapter of this group as a volunteer and was involved in raising funds for the group. According to the account, he was a DJ (using the name "Boogie Knight") who played at fund-raising benefit concerts. Irish Civil Rights Solidarity CampaignIrish issues Fake IDSean Lynch Dates1968-1974 CypherHN68 Lynch has since died. Irish National Liberation Solidarity FrontIrish issues Fake IDAlex Sloan Dates1971 CypherHN347 This group campaigned for the British military to withdraw from Ireland. Irish Solidarity CampaignIrish issues Fake IDAlan Nixon Dates1969-1972 CypherHN340 Nixon also infiltrated the International Marxist Group, which appears to have set up this campaign. Jean Charles de Menezes campaignJustice campaign Fake IDUnknown DatesUnknown Cypher— Police have admitted that the Special Demonstration Squad collected information on this campaign after the Brazilian electrician was shot dead by police after being mistaken for a suicide bomber in 2005. Joy Gardner campaignJustice campaign Fake IDUnknown DatesUnknown Cypher— Joy Gardner died after being bound and gagged by deportation officers in 1993. Police have admitted that her family's campaign for justice was "the subject of intelligence gathering". Kingsway Anti-Fascist GroupAnti-racist Fake IDPeter Johnson Dates1993-1997 CypherHN43 At the start of his deployment. Peter Francis, who was pretending to be an anti-racist campaigner under the name Peter Johnson, joined this group after enrolling as a student at London's Kingsway College. He also used the fake names "Peter Daley" and "Peter Black" during his deployment. Libertarian Anarchist GroupAnarchist Fake IDGraham Coates Dates1976-1979 CypherHN304 Little is known about this infiltration. London Animal ActionAnimal rights Fake IDAndy Davey Dates1991-1995 CypherHN2 When his undercover past was exposed in 2017, Davey, whose real name is Andy Coles, resigned his post as the deputy police and crime commissioner for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. Fake IDMatt Rayner Dates1991-1996 CypherHN1 Rayner has admitted having an intimate sexual relationship with an activist while he was undercover. Fake IDChristine Green Dates1994-1999 CypherHN26 According to activists, Green helped to manage the finances of London Animal Action. Fake IDDave Evans Dates1998-2005 CypherHN60 Evans appears to have replaced Green as a police spy in this group. According to members of the group, he attended many of its meetings and demonstrations. London Animal Rights CoalitionAnimal rights Fake IDAndy Davey Dates1991-1995 CypherHN2 During his deployment, Davey pretended to be a removal van driver, saying he lived in a south London bedsit. He was known to activists as Andy Van, and he would often drive campaigners to demonstrations or transport materials for protests. London Boots Action GroupAnimal rights Fake IDAndy Davey Dates1991-1995 CypherHN2 Davey was exposed in 2017 because his brother, the broadcaster and former pop star Richard Coles, had referred to his covert work in a biography. A member of the public spotted the significance of the brief remark in the book and tipped off campaigners at the Undercover Research Group, a network of activists scrutinising the deployment of police spies. Fake IDMatt Rayner Dates1991-1996 CypherHN1 Rayner used a sophisticated ruse to end his deployment without arousing the suspicions of the animal rights activists he was infiltrating. He led activists to believe he had gone to find work in the wine industry in France and then Argentina. As with other undercover officers, he had resumed work for the police on other duties. London GreenpeaceEnvironment Fake IDBob Robinson Dates1984-1989 CypherHN10 Robinson, whose real name was Bob Lambert, fathered a son with an activist while he was undercover. He then abandoned them both and they only found out the truth more than decades later. He also deceived three other women into intimate relationships while he was undercover. In the 1990s, Lambert was a senior member of the Special Demonstration Squad, supervising undercover officers while they infiltrated political groups Fake IDJohn Barker Dates1987-1991 CypherHN5 Barker, whose real name is John Dines, deceived Helen Steel, an activist in this group, into a two-year intimate relationship. He faked a mental breakdown and disappeared at the end of his deployment. Steel uncovered his real identity after many years of detective work. London Rising TideEnvironment Fake IDEdward David Jones Dates2005-2007 CypherHN66 (EN327) His nicknames during his deployment were Bob the Builder and Edge, according to the public inquiry. He was a member of both the Special Demonstration Squad and the National Public Order Intelligence Unit. McLibel support campaignEnvironment Fake IDJohn Barker Dates1987-1991 CypherHN5 This campaign was set up to support two campaigners, Helen Steel and David Morris, who were being sued by McDonald's. Barker who had deceived Steel into a sexual relationship was privy to the legal advice that the campaigners received. Fake IDMatt Rayner Dates1991-1996 CypherHN1 A photograph appears to show Rayner on a demonstration in support of this campaign. Michael Menson campaignJustice campaign Fake IDUnknown DatesUnknown Cypher— Police have admitted that the Special Demonstration Squad gathered information on this campaign. Michael Menson was burned to death by a racist attacker who almost escaped justice because police said Menson had doused himself in petrol and set himself alight. Militant/Socialist partyLeft-wing Fake IDPeter Johnson Dates1993-1997 CypherHN43 Midway through his deployment, Peter Francis – as Peter Johnson – infiltrated Militant Tendency, a leftwing group which had for many years infiltrated the Labour party. In 1997, it changed its name to the Socialist party. Fake IDCarlo Neri Dates2000-2006 CypherHN104 Neri deceived at least two women into intimate sexual relationships while he was undercover. He was married to his first wife at the time, with two children. He proposed to one of the deceived women, telling her he wanted to have a baby with her. The public inquiry said he had given "different and inconsistent" accounts of these relationships and had been "less than frank" about them. It said he had "admitted to intimate and sexual relationships with more than one woman during his deployment in his cover name". Movement Against the MonarchyAnti-monarchy Fake IDDavid Hagan Dates1996-2001 CypherHN81 Little is known about his infiltration of this group. Fake IDRod Richardson Dates1999-2003 CypherHN596 / EN32 Richardson travelled abroad to take part in anti-capitalist protests. One of them was the protest against the G8 summit in Genoa, Italy, in 2001. Movement for JusticeAnti-racist Fake IDPeter Johnson Dates1993-1997 CypherHN43 Peter Francis gathered information on the activities of the Movement for Justice, an anti-racist group, during the latter part of his deployment. Fake IDDavid Hagan Dates1996-2001 CypherHN81 Hagan has been accused of spying on Duwayne Brooks, who was a friend of the murdered Stephen Lawrence. This group was close to Brooks while he was taking legal action against the police. National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT)Trade union Fake IDCarlo Neri Dates2000-2006 CypherHN104 A photograph shows Neri on a picket line in 2004 organised to support a member of the union who had lost his job. National Union of Students (NUS)Trade union Fake IDPeter Johnson Dates1993-1997 CypherHN43 Peter Francis, using the fake name of Peter Johnson while undercover, has disclosed that he gathered information on members of this union. As part of his fake identity, he became a member of the NUS. He also used two other fake names during his deployment, Pete Daley and Pete Black. National Union of Teachers (NUT)Trade union Fake IDPeter Johnson Dates1993-1997 CypherHN43 Peter Francis, who used the fake name of Peter Johnson while undercover, has disclosed that he gathered information on members of this union. Newham Monitoring ProjectAnti-racist Fake IDUnknown Dates1990s Cypher— This is an east London organisation that campaigns against police harassment and racial attacks. An undercover officer close to the organisation compiled regular reports on its activities. No BordersFreedom of movement Fake IDRob Harrison Dates2004-2007 CypherHN18 The public inquiry has said that Harrison has expressed a willingness to give evidence about the management of the Special Demonstration Squad and how it was closed down in 2008. Harrison was arrested for a minor public order offence during his deployment. A document published by the inquiry suggests that, according to his supervisor, senior management used the "perceived mismanagement of this arrest to close the unit". No Borders South WalesFreedom of movement Fake IDMarco Jacobs Dates2004-2009 CypherEN1 Jacobs had a blokey image and told a lot of jokes. He told activists he was a truck driver. At the end of his deployment, he disappeared claiming he had been offered a job maintaining holiday villas in Corfu. Northern Minorities Defence ForceUnknown Fake IDIan Cameron Dates1971-1972 CypherHN344 It is unclear what the purpose of this group was, although it appears to be connected to the conflict in Northern Ireland. Sir John Mitting, the retired judge leading the public inquiry, has said that Cameron gave a detailed account of his deployment and subsequent police activities in 2017. "It contains detailed assertions of fact which I know to be wrong," said Mitting. Northern Ireland Civil Rights AssociationIrish issues Fake IDSean Lynch Dates1968-1974 CypherHN68 This group organised the Bloody Sunday march in January 1972 when British soldiers shot dead 13 civilians. There are questions around whether the police should have disclosed the identity of this undercover officer to the inquiry, led by Lord Saville, which examined the events of that day. Operation OmegaRefugees Fake IDPeter Fredericks Dates1971 CypherHN345 This appears to be a group set up to highlight the issue of refugees forced to flee Bangladesh during its war of independence against Pakistan. Reclaim the StreetsEnvironment Fake IDJim Sutton Dates1995-2000 CypherHN14 Sutton gave evidence using his fake identity in a court case in which a group of pro-cycling protesters were prosecuted for public order offences. He concealed his real identity when he was prosecuted alongside the environmental campaigners, maintaining his fake persona throughout the prosecution. Two campaigners later had their convictions overturned after his real identity was uncovered. Fake IDJason Bishop Dates1998-2006 CypherHN3 According to evidence presented to the public inquiry, Bishop was arrested twice under his fake identity, once driving a van containing manure to a protest and the other with another undercover officer, Dave Evans, in 2005. It appears he was not charged on either occasion. Fake IDJaqueline Anderson Dates2000-2005 Cypher HN77 According to the public inquiry, "she was deployed as an undercover officer, despite failing the psychometric testing then administered to would-be undercover officers. Much of her reporting was apparently regarded by senior officers as being of little value." A senior officer decided to end her deployment "on the basis that it could no longer be justified under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000. She terminated her own deployment. She complained about her treatment by superior officers." Red ActionLeft-wing Fake IDNicholas Green Dates1982-1986 CypherHN82 He has died. Fake IDMark Cassidy Dates1995-2000 CypherHN15 Cassidy often took part in this group's activities, which often involved confrontations with far-right groups to stop them meeting or promoting their propaganda. Republican ForumIrish issues Fake IDMark Cassidy Dates1995-2000 CypherHN15 Cassidy, whose real name is Mark Jenner, went on a week-long trip to Belfast with English activists who wanted to show their solidarity with republicans. Rettendon protest campEnvironment Fake IDRod Richardson Dates1999-2003 CypherHN596 / EN32 This appears to be the first group infiltrated by Richardson during his deployment. Protesters were opposing the construction of a road in Essex. He went on to infiltrate leftwing groups mainly in London and Nottingham. At the end of his deployment, he said he was travelling around Europe and said he was moving to Australia to be with his girlfriend. Revolutionary Communist partyLeft-wing Fake IDMalcolm Shearing Dates1981-1985 CypherHN19 He infiltrated this and another leftwing group successively during his undercover deployment. Afterwards, he continued to work in special branch monitoring political activists. Revolutionary Communist party of Britain (Marxist/Leninist)Left-wing Fake IDMalcolm Shearing Dates1981-1985 CypherHN19 He was arrested and cautioned for unlawful bill posting during his deployment, according to the public inquiry. Revolutionary Communist GroupLeft-wing Fake IDMike Hartley Dates1982-1985 CypherHN12 His deployment was terminated by police when his cover was blown. Members of the Revolutionary Communist Group had grown suspicious that he was some kind of infiltrator because he seemed too keen to carry out administrative work that would have given him access to names and addresses of activists and other confidential information, according to one account. He was confronted by members at a meeting on Hampstead Heath in London. He denied the claims. The group asked him to disclose his mother's name and address as a way of rebuilding trust. He repeatedly refused without giving a reason, according to the account. Revolutionary Communist TendencyLeft-wing Fake IDTony Williams Dates1978-1982 CypherHN20 This officer infiltrated a relatively small leftwing group that had been formed in 1977. Little is known about his deployment. Revolutionary International LeagueLeft-wing Fake IDPeter Johnson Dates1993-1997 CypherHN43 This small leftwing group was spied on by Johnson, whose real name is Peter Francis. Revolutionary Socialist Students FederationLeft-wing Fake IDJohn Graham Dates1968-1969 CypherHN329 Graham says his fake identity was more rudimentary than the undercover officers who were later deployed to infiltrate political groups – “he grew a beard and simply ‘turned up’” at the meetings of the groups. He told activists that he delivered cars from one garage to another for a living. Ricky Reel campaignJustice campaign Fake IDUnknown DatesUnknown Cypher— Police have conceded that undercover officers gathered information "inappropriately" about the family of Reel, a 20-year-old student whose body was discovered in a river after he was abused by racists in 1997. Roger Sylvester campaignJustice campaign Fake IDUnknown DatesUnknown Cypher— In 1999, Sylvester slipped into a coma and died after being restrained by eight police officers. An inquest jury ruled he had been unlawfully killed. Police have admitted covertly collecting information on the campaign that sought justice for him. Saving IcelandEnvironment Fake IDMark Stone Dates2003-2010 Cypher— Environmental campaigners in Iceland campaigned to stop the construction of an enormous dam. Stone travelled to Iceland to infiltrate the protests. With him was an activist, Lisa Jones, whom he deceived into a six-year intimate relationship. Sinn Féin (London)Irish issues Fake IDSean Lynch Dates1968-1974 CypherHN68 After his undercover deployment, he held a managerial position in the Special Demonstration Squad between 1982 and 1984, according to the public inquiry. Smash EDOAnti-arms trade Fake IDMarco Jacobs Dates2004-2009 CypherEN1 This group campaigned against an arms factory in Brighton owned by a corporation, EDO MBM. While in Brighton, according to activists, Jacobs took part in their protests. Socialist Workers party (International Socialists)Left-wing Fake IDStewart Goodman Dates1970-1971 CypherHN339 One of the early deployments into the International Socialists, which changed its name to the Socialist Workers party in 1977 Fake IDJohn Clinton Dates1971-1974 CypherHN343 According to the public inquiry, Clinton "was deployed into a variety of leftwing groups in the early 1970s", although these have yet to be identified by the inquiry. Fake IDBob Stubbs Dates1971-1976 CypherHN301 According to the public inquiry, Stubbs also reported on other groups, but it has not identified them. Fake IDJeff Slater Dates1974-1975 CypherHN351 According to the public inquiry, Slater "was withdrawn from his deployment because of health problems of unclear origin". Fake IDUnknown (but may be Jim or Jimmy) Dates1974-1977 CypherHN300 During his deployment, he told another undercover officer he had fallen in love with an activist and wanted to disclose to her that he was a police spy. His deployment was terminated. According to the public inquiry, he met his third wife during his deployment and they had a child. This third marriage ended in divorce. He has since died. Fake IDRoger Harris Dates1974-1977 CypherHN200 Little is known about his deployment into this group. Fake IDGary Roberts Dates1974-1978 CypherHN353 Little is known about his deployment into this group. Fake IDVince Miller Dates1976-1979 CypherHN354 Miller has "voluntarily admitted two fleeting sexual encounters with different female activists during his deployment", according to the public inquiry. Fake IDGraham Coates Dates1976-1979 CypherHN304 Coates infiltrated groups that were non-violent, according to the public inquiry. Fake IDBill Biggs Dates1977-1982 CypherHN356/124 While pretending to be a leftwing activist, Biggs was on the demonstration against the National Front in April 1979 at which the anti-fascist protester Blair Peach was killed from a blow to the head. Biggs has since died. Socialist Workers partyLeft-wing Fake IDColin Clark Dates1977-1982 CypherHN80 Clark also spied on many other groups, according to the public inquiry, which has yet to identify them. Fake IDPhil Cooper Dates1979-1983 CypherHN155 Cooper had "regular contact with a member of parliament (who cannot be identified with confidence because his recollection of the identity of the MP is unclear)", according to the public inquiry. Fake IDUnknown DatesLate 1970s-early 1980s CypherHN21 He appeared on a BBC documentary in 2002 using the alias "Geoff", saying that he infiltrated the SWP. He said he was present at a demonstration during the Grunwick dispute when miners, accompanied by Arthur Scargill, one of their leaders, came to show their solidarity with the strikers. He told the public inquiry he had suffered ill-health since his deployment and that he did not feel supported by his superiors. Fake IDMichael James Dates1978 -1983 CypherHN96 The public inquiry has said James also reported on other groups but has yet to identify them. Fake IDAlan Bond Dates1981-1986 CypherHN67 Bond says he had a sexual relationship under his fake identity with a woman who was not part of the Socialist Workers party. He stole the identity of a dead child to form his fake identity. In the 1990s he was, according to the public inquiry, second in operational command of the Special Demonstration Squad. Fake IDMike Hartley Dates1982-1985 CypherHN12 This undercover officer stole the identity of 18-year-old trawlerman, Michael Hartley, who had died in 1968 when he fell overboard. Hartley's real family believe his death led to their mother's depression and subsequent suicide. The officer told the public inquiry he had "a fleeting sexual encounter with a female activist" during his deployment. The inquiry has also said that he was arrested, for a minor offence, in his cover name, prosecuted and fined. He died in March 2018. Fake IDNicholas Green Dates1982-1986 CypherHN82 Little is known about this deployment. Fake IDKathryn Lesley (‘Lee’) Bonser Dates1983-1987 CypherHN 33 Little is known about her infiltration of this leftwing group. Fake IDUnknown Dates1985-1988 CypherHN95 According to the public inquiry, "his deployment was problematical and was terminated by his managers abruptly in 1988. He was medically retired soon after." Fake IDMark Kerry Dates1988-1992 CypherHN90 Little is known about his infiltration of this leftwing group. Fake IDUnknown Dates1990s CypherHN101 The exact years of deployment are so far unknown. An official review examining the undercover infiltration of the campaign by the parents of the murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence recorded a manager testifying that this officer was undercover in the mid-1990s and "would have had an involvement in Stephen Lawrence campaign issues". Fake IDDavid Hagan Dates1996-2001 CypherHN81 According to an official report, Hagan passed "fascinating and valuable" information about the Stephen Lawrence campaign to his superiors who are accused of exploiting it to help defend themselves against accusations that they botched the investigation into the teenager's murder. Fake IDDave Evans Dates1998-2005 CypherHN60 Evans was arrested, along with Jason Bishop, for conspiracy to commit a breach of the peace in 2005 while infiltrating campaigners who were protesting against the G8 summit in Scotland. He had been driving a van ferrying protesters who were also arrested. All were later released without being charged. Fake IDSimon Wellings Dates2001-2007 CypherHN118 Wellings also infiltrated the anti-capitalist group Globalise Resistance, which has been accused of being a front for the Socialist Workers party. South London Animal Movement (SLAM)Animal rights Fake IDMike Blake Dates1983-1987 CypherHN11 Blake, whose real name is Mike Chitty, had an intimate sexual relationship with a woman while he was undercover. After his deployment he returned to socialise with the activists he had infiltrated, while remaining a police officer. His conduct was investigated. He left the police after taking legal action alleging that the stress of his duties had caused him psychological damage. Spartacist League of BritainLeft-wing Fake IDBarry Tompkins Dates1979 - 1983 CypherHN106 Tompkins also infiltrated another group, which has so far not been identified by the public inquiry. State of Emergency (aka State of Emergency Collective)Unknown Fake IDRob Harrison Dates2004-2007 CypherHN18 As Harrison pretended to be a pro-Palestinian activist during his deployment, it would appear that this collective was connected to the conflict between the Palestinians and Israel. Stephen Lawrence campaignJustice campaign Fake IDPeter Johnson Dates1993-1997 Cypher— Peter Francis, who became a whistleblower, disclosed that he, under the name Peter Johnson, and other undercover officers gathered information on the campaign to persuade police to investigate properly the racist killing of Stephen Lawrence in 1993. Fake IDDavid Hagan Dates1996-2001 Cypher— Hagan was alleged in one official report to be "a spy in the Lawrence family campaign", reporting to his supervisors personal details about Doreen and Neville Lawrence, the parents of the murdered teeanger, including about the breakdown of their marriage. Stoke Newington and Hackney Defence CampaignJustice campaign Fake IDTimothy Spence Dates1983-1987 CypherHN88 This community campaign was set up after a 21-year-old black man, Colin Roach, died in the foyer of Stoke Newington police station in north-east London in 1983. Stop Huntingdon Animal CrueltyAnimal rights Fake IDDave Evans Dates1998-2005 CypherHN60 This group appears to have been one of the police's main targets in the animal rights movement. Sumac centreCommunity centre, Nottingham Fake IDMark Stone Dates2003-2010 Cypher— Stone started his undercover deployment by infiltrating this centre which organised progressive events. He lived in Nottingham during his deployment spying on environmental and other radical protesters. TarnacAnarchist Fake IDMark Stone Dates2003-2010 Cypher— Stone travelled to 11 countries to gather information about activists. In France, a group of leftwing activists living in the remote village of Tarnac were accused of an alleged terrorist plot to overthrow the state. Stone was accused of making up false claims that they were learning to make homemade bombs. The Monitoring GroupAnti-racist Fake IDUnknown DatesUnknown Cypher— This group was formed in 1980 by lawyers and activists to challenge all forms of racism. It has assisted many justice campaigns. The public inquiry has disclosed that Suresh Grover, a founder of the group and current director, "has been notified that he has been the subject of intelligence reports and has seen a redacted six-page summary". TrapeseEnvironment Fake IDMark Stone Dates2003-2010 Cypher— Stone befriended members of this educational collective which provided information about climate change and debt. While he was undercover, Stone deceived a significant number of women into intimate relationships. These included Lisa Jones, with whom he had a six-year relationship; Kate Wilson, with whom he had a two-year relationship; Sarah Hampton, with whom he had a year-long relationship; and Naomi, with whom he had an eight-month relationship. Trevor Monerville campaignJustice campaign Fake IDUnknown DatesUnknown Cypher— In 1987, Trevor Monerville, then 19, was held at a police station during which time, it was alleged, he was beaten and suffered brain damage. A campaign to get justice for him was set up. In 1994, he was stabbed to death by five men. No one has ever been convicted of his murder. Police have admitted that the campaign was spied on. His father has been shown a photograph of Mark Cassidy – the alias of an undercover officer – whom he recalls attending the justice campaign meetings. Tri-continentalLeft-wing Fake IDDouglas Edwards Dates1968-1971 CypherHN326 According to police, he became the treasurer of the leftwing paper that was published by this organisation "that allied itself to leftwing elements in Asia, Africa and Latin America". His membership of the Independent Labour party had, according to police, given him the credibility to become the treasurer. Troops Out MovementIrish issues Fake IDUnknown Dates1970s CypherHN302 He appeared in a BBC documentary broadcast in 2002 under the alias "Brian". An accompanying article described him as having "infiltrated the Troops Out Movement in the early days of the Irish conflict". He has said he believes "this operation to have been one of the most successful long-term undercover police operations in the United Kingdom". Fake IDDavid Hughes Dates1971-1976 CypherHN342/299 Little is known about this infiltration. Fake IDRick Gibson Dates1974-1976 CypherHN297 A woman, known only as Mary, has described how she was tricked into a sexual relationship by Gibson while she was a young leftwing acitivist. The public inquiry has heard that Gibson, whose real name was Richard Clark, had sexual relationships with as many as four women while he was undercover. He has since died. Fake IDMichael James Dates1978 - 1983 CypherHN96 This campaign was formed in the early 1970s with the aim of ending British military involvement in Ireland and bringing about a united Ireland. Fake IDKevin Douglas Dates1987-1991 CypherHN25 Little is known about this infiltration. Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians (UCATT)Trade union Fake IDMark Cassidy Dates1995-2000 CypherHN15 The trade union has said Cassidy was a member of its organisation for three years under his fake identity. He pretended to be a joiner. UnisonTrade union Fake IDPeter Johnson Dates1993-1997 CypherHN43 Peter Francis, who used the fake name of Peter Johnson while undercover, has disclosed that he gathered information on members of this union United British AllianceFar right Fake IDRoss 'Rossco' Macinnes Dates2007 CypherHN79 According to the public inquiry, he was the last undercover officer to be recruited into the Special Demonstration Squad. "He was not fully deployed: the squad was disbanded before he could be. He found the experience a stressful and unhappy one," according to the inquiry. Vietnam Solidarity CampaignAnti-imperialist Fake IDDon de Freitas Dates1968 CypherHN330 De Freitas has told the public inquiry that he started his deployment after the Grosvenor Square demonstration in March 1968. He infiltrated the campaign's branch in Havering, Essex, and finished his deployment on 27 October, the date of the second large-scale demonstration in Grosvenor Square that year, he has said. Fake IDBarry Morris Dates1968 CypherHN218 Little is known about this deployment. The anti-Vietnam war campaign was the first major target of the undercover squad that was set up in this year and became known as the Special Demonstration Squad. Fake IDMargaret White Dates1968 CypherHN334 According to the public inquiry, she was deployed for several months against the Vietnam Solidarity Campaign as the girlfriend of the officer known as Don de Freitas. She says that between 1968 and 1972 she worked in the unit that became the Special Demonstration Squad, supporting its undercover operations, and left the police in the 1970s. Fake IDUnknown Dates1968 CypherHN322 He has told the public inquiry that "as far as I am aware, I did not have a cover name". He says he was deployed for a short time in the south-east London branch of the campaign. According to the public inquiry, documents show he attended public meetings held to prepare for the anti-Vietnam war demonstration on 27 October 1968 with another undercover officer and reported on them to the founding head of the Special Demonstration Squad, Conrad Dixon. Fake IDJohn Graham Dates1968-1969 CypherHN329 He infiltrated the campaign in north London. "The reason for being in the group was for me to find out what the strategy was for a big VSC march," he has said. Fake IDWilliam Paul Lewis Dates1968-1969 CypherHN321 According to the public inquiry, his deployment started in September 1968 and so he would have been one of the first undercover officers in the Special Operations Squad, which later became known as the Special Demonstration Squad. Fake IDSean Lynch Dates1968-1974 CypherHN68 According to the public inquiry, Lynch infiltrated a number of groups. Four of them have been named by the inquiry, but it is not clear if it was the full list. Fake IDDavid Robertson Dates1970-1973 CypherHN45 According to the public inquiry, he worked in "an administrative role" in the Special Demonstration Squad in 1982 and 1983. This included collating and distributing information collected by the unit's undercover officers. Fake IDDick Epps Dates1969-1972 CypherHN336 He gave an interview, using the alias "Dan", to the BBC in 2002. He said he had spent a few evenings "babysitting" the campaign's offices. He said he copied the keys for the offices of the campaign and the International Marxist Group, which he also infiltrated, and passed them to MI5. It is suggested that MI5 later burgled the offices to obtain membership and financial records. Wayne Douglas campaignJustice campaign Fake IDPeter Johnson Dates1993-1997 CypherHN43 During his deployment, Peter Francis, as Peter Johnson, gathered information on the family of Wayne Douglas, 25, who were campaigning for justice after he died in police custody in 1995. West London Hunt SaboteursAnimal rights Fake IDMatt Rayner Dates1991-1996 CypherHN1 Rayner infiltrated a number of protests against fox hunting mainly in southern England, according to activists. Fake IDChristine Green Dates1994-1999 CypherHN26 Since quitting her deployment, Green has had a romantic relationship, lasting more than a decade, with one of the prominent animal rights activists she had been sent to monitor. Winston Silcott campaignJustice campaign Fake IDUnknown Dates— Cypher— Silcott was convicted of the murder of PC Keith Blakelock during disturbances on the Broadwater Farm estate in London in 1985, but his conviction was later overturned after a campaign for his release. According to the public inquiry, "he has received copies of 16 heavily redacted intelligence reports relating to the campaign". WomblesAnarchist Fake IDRod Richardson Dates1999-2003 CypherHN596 / EN32 He infiltrated this anarchist collective whose full name was White Overalls Movement Building Libertarian Effective Struggles. It became known for dressing up in protective padding at protests. Fake IDJaqueline Anderson Dates2000-2005 CypherHN77 According to activists, she was involved in a squatted social centre known as the Radical Dairy in Hackney, east London. She offered to run massage sessions as part of the centre's activities and was known as "Massage Jacky". Fake IDMark Stone Dates2003-2010 Cypher Stone – real name Mark Kennedy – travelled to Dublin for a May Day protest in 2004. He was involved in clashes with police during the protest and was arrested but released without charge. Worthing woodland campaignEnvironment Fake IDLynn Watson Dates2002-2008 CypherEN34 This was a campaign to protect a woodland near Worthing, Sussex. Watson appeared in this group in – it seems to have been the start of her deployment. She told the campaigners that she was a care home worker from Bournemouth. Women's Liberation FrontLeft-wing Fake IDSandra Dates1972-1973 CypherHN348 Sandra says that she cannot remember her full fake name and no official record of it exists, according to the public inquiry. She was deployed against a group that the public inquiry has called "non-violent" and "apparently harmless". Her undercover deployment was terminated after it appeared a prominent member of the small group she had infiltrated came to believe she was a police officer. Workers Revolutionary PartyLeft-wing Fake IDMichael Scott Dates1971-1976 CypherHN298 According to the public inquiry, "not long after his deployment he left the police service since when he has had nothing to do with the police". Fake IDPeter Collins Dates1973-1977 CypherHN303 He also collected information about another group that has not been identified so far by the public inquiry. According to the inquiry, "he resigned from the Metropolitan police to pursue another career at the end of his deployment". Youth Against Racism in EuropeAnti-racist Fake IDPeter Johnson Dates1993-1997 CypherHN43 Peter Francis, who later became a whistleblower, infiltrated this anti-racist group under the name Peter Johnson for most of his covert deployment, becoming a branch secretary. Young HaganahUnknown Fake IDPeter Fredericks Dates1971 CypherHN345 It is unclear what this infiltration was about. According to the public inquiry, his six-month undercover deployment "ceased, when his probationary period in special branch was terminated. There is a difference between his recollection of the reason for termination and that recorded in his personnel file. He left the Metropolitan Police Service soon after. " Young LiberalsLiberal party Fake IDMichael Scott Dates1971-1976 CypherHN298 Little is known about his infiltration of the youth wing of the Liberal party. Zero CollectiveAnarchist Fake IDGraham Coates Dates1976-1979 CypherHN304 Little is known about this infiltration. It appears that this group produced a monthly publication. Anarchist groups (so far unidentified)Anarchist Fake IDDouglas Edwards Dates1968-1971 CypherHN326 He was one of the early undercover officers deployed by the unit that became known as the Special Demonstration Squad. He says that early in his deployment, he infiltrated a "few anarchist groups" that have yet to be identified, before moving into leftwing groups. He was known as Doug. Fake IDRoger Thorley Dates1979-1984 CypherHN85 Thorley, whose real name is Roger Pearce, later rose to become head of special branch between 1999 and 2003. Fake IDUnknown Dates1980s CypherHN102 According to the public inquiry, he was deployed in the 1980s against anarchist groups that have so far been unidentified. Fake IDAndy Davey Dates1991-1995 CypherHN2 He wrote a version of the so-called tradecraft manual that gives advice to undercover officers on how to conduct their deployment and avoid the suspicions of activists they are infiltrating. In the manual, produced in 1995, he is described as having infiltrated "anarcho" activists. |