Jenny Jones AM has obtained information that the Metropolitan Police Service has spent £147,120 defending the civil claims brought by the women deceived into forming long-term intimate relationships with undercover police officers.
Jenny Jones, seen here questioning the Met Commissioner in 2013, has long been campaigning on behalf of the deceived women
The information was provided to Jenny Jones, who sits in the House of Lords as Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb, in response to a written question to the Mayor of London. Jenny has campaigned for decades to shine a light into the murky world of undercover policing.
The Met Police has today agreed to comply with a High Court judgement and reveal whether two men had relationships with women while working as undercover police officers. The officers are known by the aliases “Jim Sutton” and “Bob Robinson”.
Responding to the new Jenny Jones said:
”After three years of legal battles it really is time for the Met to stop wasting public money fighting these women, who have suffered at the hands of undercover officers. The Met may have agreed to name two undercover officers but what about the other women who were deceived by undercover police?
“The recently announced public inquiry into undercover policing means that the truth is going to come out. Instead of continuing with this expensive legal battle the Met should learn the value of an apology. If they want to rebuild the trust that has been damaged then they should come clean, accept that mistakes have been made and give the women the answers they deserve.”