Undercover police officer who deceived women a ‘cruel’ liar, public inquiry told

Undercover police officer Bob Lambert infiltrated animal rights and anarchist campaigners in the 1980s and deceived at least four women into sexual relationships. Photograph: supplied

An undercover police officer who deceived at least four women into sexual relationships and fathered a child with one of them is a “cruel and manipulative” liar, a public inquiry has been told.

Belinda Harvey, one of the women who had an 18-month relationship with Bob Lambert without knowing his real identity, said it was “beyond comprehension” how the undercover officer had used her.