Undercover officer deceived women with ‘grotesque and cruel’ lies, spycops inquiry told
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The spycops public inquiry heard testimony from undercover police officer Carlo Soracchi, who admitted to deceiving two women into long-term sexual relationships while infiltrating left-wing and anti-fascist groups between 2000 and 2006. Soracchi confessed to fabricating stories to elicit empathy, including falsely claiming his father abused his sister and later died. He also admitted to fraudulently using taxpayer money to fund a Valentine's Day trip to Italy with one of the women, Donna McLean, claiming it was for meeting Italian socialists. McLean, who was unaware Soracchi was married with a child and an undercover officer, was led to believe he wanted to marry her and have a baby. Soracchi acknowledged deceiving his managers about the true nature of the Italy trip and admitted to lying about his father's death.
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