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Former Met police chief admits force failed to properly control spycops unit

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Former Met police chief admits force failed to properly control spycops unit

The Guardian · Jul 21, 2026, 4:41 PM UTC

Paul Condon tells inquiry there was ‘appalling behaviour by individual officers’ but that greater fault was systemic A former Metropolitan police commissioner has admitted that the force failed over decades to properly control a controversial undercover unit that committed “horrendous” abuses, the spycops inquiry has heard.…