Belfast High Court asked to widen spying investigation to North

People deceived by undercover detectives challenge inquiry limit to England and Wales

US national Jason Kirkpatrick, who is among those  deceived by Mr Kennedy,  has filed a case with Belfast High Court

US national Jason Kirkpatrick, who is among those deceived by Mr Kennedy, has filed a case with Belfast High Court

Northern Ireland should be included in a UK-wide inquiry into controversial undercover policing operations by British detectives, a High Court action filed in Belfast has argued.

An inquiry chaired by Lord Justice Pitchford is investigating allegations of wrongdoing by operatives associated with the London Metropolitan Police and the secretive UK National Public Order Intelligence Unit over recent decades.

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