Undercover officer misleads women while infiltrating groups
- Bob Lambert, an undercover officer, engaged in relationships with multiple women while concealing his true identity.
- Belinda Harvey, one of his partners, described feeling deceived and betrayed after he ended their relationship under false pretenses.
- The ongoing public inquiry is examining the ethical implications of Lambert's actions and the conduct of undercover officers.
In the United Kingdom during the late 1980s, Bob Lambert served as an undercover police officer. He infiltrated animal rights and anarchist campaigners while being married with two children. Throughout this period, he engaged in deceptive relationships with at least four women, including Belinda Harvey, whom he misled for 18 months and fathered a child with. Harvey believed they were in a genuine partnership, describing their bond as idyllic and claiming that Lambert was the perfect partner. In 1988, Lambert abruptly ended his relationship with Harvey under the pretense of going on the run due to supposed police scrutiny. The truth revealed that he had planned to leave his undercover mission without raising alarms among the activists, while simultaneously returning to his duties at Scotland Yard. The public inquiry into Lambert's conduct is examining his deceptive tactics and the emotional impact it had on the women involved, with Harvey expressing profound feelings of betrayal and devastation regarding the deceitful use of public resources for clandestine personal interactions. The inquiry aims to scrutinize the actions of Lambert and other undercover officers from 1968 to 2010, regarding their infiltration strategies and the ethical implications of their clandestine operations.