Undercover officer deceived women with ‘grotesque and cruel’ lies, spycops inquiry told

Carlo Soracchi admits exploiting empathy of woman who had abusive father by claiming his father abused his sister

An undercover police officer told grotesque and cruel" lies while emotionally manipulating two women he had deceived into long-term sexual relationships, the spycops public inquiry has heard.

Carlo Soracchi admitted he sought to elicit the empathy of one of the women by claiming that his sister had been abused by his father. He also told her that his father had died when he was actually alive.