Mark Jenner strung along activist who wanted to have children with him in an ‘extremely cruel’ way to infiltrate leftwing circles, Spycops inquiry told
An undercover officer has admitted he “callously and cruelly” deceived a woman into a five-year relationship while infiltrating leftwing campaigns, the spycops inquiry has heard.
Mark Jenner and the leftwing activist, known as Alison, lived as a couple, but he never told her that he was in reality an undercover officer who was spying on anti-racist activists.
He admitted that he had strung her along in an “extremely cruel” way when she wanted to have children with him.
He said the relationship had provided the “perfect” opportunity to present himself as a more rounded individual and helped him to gain the trust of the activists he was infiltrating.
