Deceiving women into sexual relations ‘part of work’ for spycops, inquiry told Whistleblower says senior managers did not forbid intimate relationships and advised him to use condoms The Guardian - UK · Dec 2, 2025
‘We wanted to tell the wider story’: play highlights impact of ‘spycops’ scandal Exclusive: Demand the Impossible interrogates police injustice and infiltration of 1,000 political groups The Guardian - UK · Jun 5, 2025
The Guardian view on undercover policing: the struggle for accountability continues Editorial: The public inquiry into police spies was brought about by the bravery of the women they abused, as a new documentary shows The Guardian - UK · Mar 6, 2025
Revealed: at least 25 UK ‘spy cops’ had sex with deceived members of public Total shows scale of dishonesty in undercover operations over more than three decades The Guardian - UK · Mar 2, 2025
Who were the undercover cops who deceived women into sexual relations? Officers infiltrated variety of movements and leftwing groups, with some fathering children with women they met on deployments The Guardian - UK · Mar 2, 2025
Undercover officer denies role in arson attack on Debenhams in 1987 Six witnesses had told inquiry Bob Lambert was involved in attack while masquerading as animal rights campaigner The Guardian - UK · Dec 8, 2024
‘Spy cops’ officer behaved recklessly by fathering son while undercover, inquiry told Bob Lambert accused of failing to consider wellbeing of woman he deceived into sexual relationship The Guardian - UK · Dec 3, 2024
Four people accuse undercover officer of arson attack on Debenhams store Witnesses allege Bob Lambert was involved in fire at store in London in 1987, a claim he has repeatedly denied The Guardian - UK · Dec 1, 2024
Woman’s life ruined after finding son’s father was undercover police officer, inquiry told More than 20 years after child was born, inquiry hears, woman found out truth about Bob Lambert in newspaper The Guardian - UK · Nov 29, 2024
The Guardian view on the ‘spy cops’ inquiry: police lies are finally being exposed It is due to the courage of victims that we are learning why these undercover officers behaved as they did The Guardian - UK · Nov 28, 2024
This society lauded a police officer who lied and cheated and ruined lives. At last, a reckoning As a ‘spy cop’, Bob Lambert callously betrayed innocent women. The official inquiry must ask harsh questions of him – and the state, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot The Guardian - UK · Nov 28, 2024
Undercover police officer who deceived women a ‘cruel’ liar, public inquiry told Belinda Harvey, who had relationship with Bob Lambert, says it is ‘beyond comprehension’ how she was used The Guardian - UK · Nov 27, 2024
Undercover police officer accused of setting fire to Debenhams store in 1987 Inquiry into ‘spycops’ scandal hears Bob Lambert caused £340,000 of damage while posing as animal rights activist The Guardian - UK · Nov 13, 2024
Police spy ‘bragged’ about fathering a child with activist, inquiry hears Bob Lambert told two managers of his secret Scotland Yard unit but they decided to do nothing The Guardian - UK · Oct 14, 2024