‘Spy cops’ officer behaved recklessly by fathering son while undercover, inquiry told

Bob Lambert had sexual relationships with four women without informing them that he was married and an undercover officer during his deployment in the 1980s. Photograph: UCPI Evidence Hearings

An undercover police officer has been accused of behaving “recklessly” when he fathered a son with a woman from whom he had concealed his real identity, a public inquiry has heard.

Bob Lambert was accused of failing to give any consideration to the wellbeing of the woman, known as Jacqui, whom he had deceived into an intimate relationship.