Undercover officer who deceived women was ‘morally bankrupt’, inquiry hears

The inquiry is examining how at least 139 undercover officers spied on more than 1,000 political groups between 1968 and, at the earliest, 2010. Photograph: Sean Dempsey/PA

Two women who were deceived into sexual relations by the same undercover police officer have called his behaviour “degrading and morally bankrupt”, a public inquiry has heard.

The officer, Trevor Morris, deceived the two women while he spent four years undercover infiltrating leftwing and anti-racist activists.