Roger Pearce is the first undercover SDS officer to give evidence during tranche 2 of the Undercover Policing Inquiry. 
Your usual host Tom Fowler https://x.com/tombfowler is joined by "Jessica" https://x.com/jessica_me2, Kate Wilson https:// x.com/fruitbatmania, and Ben to discuss the live evidence of him and the anarchists he spied on.

You can read a full report of the first week of the inquiry from the Campaign Opposing Police Surveillance: http://campaignopposingpolicesurveillance.com/2024/07/14/ucpi-weekly-report-9-8-11-july-2024/

The UCPI has finally uploaded some of the video of the day, and related documents: https://www.ucpi.org.uk/hearing/ucpi-evidence-hearings-tranche-2-phase-1-day-5/
 
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Episode 29: Roger Pearce and the anarchists

HN95 Stefan Scutt / Stefan Wesolowski was one of the strangest spycops we've come across so far. 

Donal O'Driscoll https://x.com/PeterSalmon7 of the Undercover Research Group joins usual host Tom Fowler https://x.com/tombfowler to discuss the evidence that was recently introduced by the Undercover Policing Inquiry. https://www.ucpi.org.uk/individuals/hn-95/

You can read the report on that evidence from the Campaign Opposing Police Surveillance: https://campaignopposingpolicesurveillance.com/tag/stefan-scutt/#hn95

You can support this podcast at https://ko-fi.com/tombfowler

Episode 30: The Strange Story of Stefan Scutt

An interview with "Jenny" who recently gave evidence to the Undercover Policing Inquiry about her relationship with spycops officer HN78 Trevor Morris who she knew as "Bobby McGee". https://ucpi.org.uk/individuals/hn-78/

To respect her anonymity, the words of "Jenny" have been voiced by the wonderful actor Maxine Peake https://instagram.com/betteblavatsky who reenacts the original interview from the transcript. Regular host Tom Fowler https://x.com/tombfowler plays himself.

You can hear "jenny" give evidence to the inquiry https://youtube.com/live/60H07NJ9Qtw?si=pReVmsGZbn3LiinR&t=1080

You can watch the 3 days of Trevor Morris giving evidence too: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVuh3DVqvi5NLSplhL1ABr-RQEx-zg5UK

This episode was made in conjunction with regular collaborators Police Spies Out Of Lives https://policespiesoutoflives.org.uk

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Episode 32: "Jenny" - Me and Bobby McGee (Featuring Maxine Peake)

"Carlton King" is a recent alias of former SDS officer HN78 Trevor Morris, who was deployed in the early 90s against anti-racists and family justice campaigns. Using the identity of a dead child "Anthony Lewis" also going by "Bobby Lewis or more often "Bobby McGee", Morris has admitted to sexually abusing two women in the groups he infiltrated. https://www.ucpi.org.uk/individuals/hn-78/

Despite publishing an autobiography https://google.co.uk/books/edition/Black_Ops/nH3lnAAACAAJ and appearing in 100s of podcast episodes under the "Carlton King" identity https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-black-spy-podcast/id1581778436 Morris was not questioned about any of this when called to give evidence to the Undercover Policing Inquiry. 

BristleKRS https://x.com/BristleKRS joins regulars "Jessica" https://x.com/Jessica_me2 and Tom Fowler https://x.com/tombfowler to discuss what the inquiry either carelessly missed or wilfully ignored. 

You can watch Trevor Morris three days of evidence to the UCPI here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVuh3DVqvi5NLSplhL1ABr-RQEx-zg5UK

You can support this podcast at https://ko-fi.com/tombfowler

Episode 31: We need to talk about Carlton King

Regular member of the podcasting team "Jessica" https://x.com/Jessica_me2 sits in the pub with Tom Fowler https://x.com/tombfowler and chats about her upcoming appearance at the Undercover Policing Inquiry where she will be called to give evidence about the undercover police officer Andy Coles, who used the cover name "Andy Davey" but is better known in activist circles these days as "Shitface".

Jessica's Story: https://policespiesoutoflives.org.uk/our-stories/jessicas-story-2/

Episode 33: Shitface - the former conservative councillor Andy Coles

First in a mini-series on the Special Branch cops that shaped the Special Demonstration Squad. Starting with the 'Brash Chancer' Conrad Dixon who claimed to have founded the unit.

Chris Brian https://x.com/bristolnoborder from the Undercover Research Group returns to "go retro" with Tom Fowler https://x.com/tombfowler and have a look at the early days of the spycops unit.

Inquiry documents relating to Dixon: https://www.ucpi.org.uk/individuals/hn-325/

Episode 35: Class of 68 Part 1: Cap'n Birdseye navigating by calculator

The second part of our mini-series on the senior officers from the early days of the Special Demonstration Squad. We now go on to the "backroom fixer' Phil Saunders who was singled out for critism in the interim report from the inquiry.

Chris Brian x.com/bristolnoborder from the Undercover Research Group continues the conversation with Tom Fowler x.com/tombfowler.

Inquiry documents relating to Phil Saunders: https://www.ucpi.org.uk/individuals/hn-1251/

Episode 36: Class of 68 Part 2: The Car Crash Fixer

The Undercover Policing Inquiry was meant to return for Phase two of Tranche two on Monday 30th September, but it didn't. 

Kate Wilson https://x.com/fruitbatmania joins Tom Fowler https://x.com/tombfowler to discuss why that is, and look at all the goings on behind the scenes that show just how dysfunctional the whole process has been.

Tranche 2 Phase 2 will now start on Monday 14th October, with live hearings starting on Monday 21st October at the International Dispute Resolution Centre, London. You can register now https://www.ucpi.org.uk/2024/09/27/registration-open-for-inquirys-tranche-2-phase-2-hearings/

Episode 34: Inquiry in Chaos

First appearance on the podcast by Liz Fuller https://x.com/Lizfuller1, a woman who was deceived by HN1 into a long term intimate relationship, she joins with Chris Brian https://x.com/bristolnoborder from the Undercover Research Group and Tom Fowler https://x.com/tombfowler to discuss both his recent appearance giving evidence at the undercover policing inquiry and her own. 

More information on the undercover officer HN1 who used the cover name "Matt Rayner":
https://powerbase.info/index.php/Matt_Rayner_(alias)
https://campaignopposingpolicesurveillance.com/tag/matt-rayner/

Credit for the cover illustration to Oliver Saunders KC who's suggestion of aging an old photograph of HN1 was presented to a free online AI.

Episode 37: HN1, the lying prick who called himself Matt Rayner

Following an open letter from Core Participants https://campaignopposingpolicesurveillance.com/2025/03/10/treat-us-fairly-demand-spycops-inquiry-participants/, the Chair of the Undercover Policing Inquiry John Mitting called a directional hearing. Chris Brian https://x.com/bristolnoborder from the Undercover Research Group sat down with Tom Fowler https://x.com/tombfowler to discuss what happened. With voices from coverage from the day including Zoe Young https://x.com/zoeyou, James Simpson https://x.com/jameshsimpson, Kate Wilson https://x.com/fruitbatmania, "Jessica" https://x.com/jessica_me2, Ben https://x.com/GringoBen, Mr Abney https://x.com/MrAbney1904.

Hearings at the inquiry are not meant to return until October 2025, in the meantime you can support more episodes of this podcast at https://ko-fi.com/tombfowler

Episode 38: Mitting's Directional Blame Game

Podcast series about the secret undercover political police who infiltrated over 1,000 campaign groups in the UK. Stealing dead children's identities, deceiving women into long term sexual relationships, in some cases fathering children. 

Tasked with undermining democratic participation in politics, these "spycops" were publicly unmasked by activists in 2010. This led to a police apology, significant disclosure and now a Public Inquiry into Undercover Policing since 1968.

Presented by some of the activists affected, joined by large rotating cast, this weekly series covers all aspects of the issue. With profiles of officers, reports from legal hearings, discussions with researchers, lawyers and other activists.

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