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IPCC claims by the agent involved in the criminal trial under the false name

Scotland Yard has called for police surveillance on allegations that an undercover agent involved in a criminal proceeding under a false name.

Jim Boyling, an operations specialist in the Metropolitan Police detective is charged with an alias in all proceedings after being arrested after a demonstration in 1996.

Scotland Yard in touch with the Independent Commission for Police Complaints (IPCC) on Thursday to make an official reference for Friday, a spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said.

The spokesman said the decision to get in touch with the IPCC "is examining allegations regarding the deployment of the history of undercover police officers."

The allegations forced the postponement of the publication of the review of the future of the secret police. The review was scheduled for Thursday and was compiled by the new commissioner of Scotland Yard, Bernard Hogan-Howe, before assuming the highest position of the force last month.

The defense lawyer Mike Schwarz of the law firm Bindman said that he had discovered he represented Boyling, under the name Jim Sutton, with other demonstrators.

The undercover officer was tried for offenses against public order and other activists of the pro-cycling campaign group Reclaim the Streets, after a demonstration at the headquarters of London Underground 1996.

The lawyer said the disclosure was concerned about the "confidentiality" of discussions between the leader of the co-defendants and their legal representatives.

told the Guardian: "This case raises more fundamental constitutional issues about the acceptable limits of the police, the sanctity of lawyer-client confidentiality, and integrity of the criminal justice system.

"At first glance, it seems that the police has far exceeded all the recognized boundaries."

Thursday, Scotland Yard admitted that the allegations were "serious matters", but added: "We believe that the current legislative and regulatory framework that governs the deployment of undercover agents ensures that all these Out Now deployments are legal and well managed. "

In January, Boyling was placed on restricted duties and initiated an investigation by the Professional Standards, following allegations that he married a militant who was spying. Police said the investigation was ongoing.

the latest allegations have led to the delay of the results of the examination of what happened after the case against six protesters accused of plotting to invade the plant's second largest in UK collapsed in January.

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