A former undercover Metropolitan Police officer, Andrew Coles, is disputing claims that he deceived an animal rights activist into a sexual relationship while infiltrating the Animal Liberation Front in the 1990s. The activist, identified only as Jessica, says he groomed her under a false identity. Coles denies the relationship, but the force's commissioner, Sir Mark Rowley, has written that the Metropolitan Police accepts the relationship occurred and is disappointed Coles did not tell the truth to the Undercover Policing Inquiry (UCPI).
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Sir Mark Rowley
Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police