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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Rob Evans

Activist deceived into relationship with Met officer wins £229,000 compensation

Kate Wilson
Kate Wilson pursued decade-long campaign to discover truth about how she was deceived into sexual relationship by undercover officer. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

An environmental activist who was deceived into a two-year intimate relationship by an undercover police officer has been awarded £229,000 in compensation after winning a landmark legal case.

Kate Wilson won the compensation after a tribunal ruled in a scathing judgment that police had grossly violated her human rights in five ways.

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