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Officer: Using dead child's ID felt like 'stomping on grave'

A policeman who was given the identity of a dead four-year-old boy said he felt he was "stomping on the grave" of the child.

The officer adopted the fake persona of Pete Black while undercover in anti-racist groups, the Guardian reported.


Another officer, who used the identity of a child car crash victim, said he was conscious the parents would "still be grief-stricken" but argued his actions were for the "greater good".


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