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Spy cop who led special branch admits wrongly accusing activist of bomb plot
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Roger Pearce withdraws allegation Dave Morris was among anarchists who planned to plant bombs at military base
An undercover police officer who went on to become the head of the Metropolitan police’s special branch has admitted he mistakenly accused an activist of planning to plant bombs at a military base.
Roger Pearce, the undercover officer who infiltrated anarchist groups in the 1980s, had alleged to a public inquiry that he drove to Aldershot with a group of anarchists to “recce bomb sites”. He accused Dave Morris of being one of the anarchists.
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