‘Endemic’ sexism in Met police led to undercover deception, inquiry told

Charlotte Kilroy KC said the Met ‘took the misogyny which riddled and corrupted the entire organisation, and transported it directly into the private homes and private lives of women.’ Photograph: Vuk Valcic/Sopa Images/Rex/Shutterstock

Undercover officers regularly deceived women into sexual relationships because of a culture of “endemic” sexism within the Metropolitan police, a public inquiry has heard.

A barrister representing 25 women described how “entrenched” misogyny and a cult of masculinity pervaded the police force, amounting to institutional sexism.