Manchester cafe owner claims police offered him benefits to spy on Palestine Action
By
Haroon Siddique
Kettled twice. Extra chewy, extra trustworthy.
Summary
A Manchester cafe owner, Shams Sadiq, claims that police officers from Greater Manchester Police's Operation Wildflower offered him financial inducements and promised to turn a 'blind eye' to certain low-level offences if he agreed to inform on the banned direct action group Palestine Action. Sadiq says the offer was made when he went to collect electronic devices confiscated during his arrest last year in connection with alleged offences relating to the group.
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Sadiq, 51, from Didsbury, said that when he attended Ashton-under-Lyne police station on 15 May, two officers he believes were from Operation Wildflower – a response by Greater Manchester Police to Palestine Action – made the offer.
Shams Sadiq says officers offered financial inducements and to turn a 'blind eye' to certain offences
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