Use of child spies is 'plain wrong'

By Ann McGauran | 16 July 2019

One of England’s most high-profile directors of children’s services has spoken out against police use of child spies to penetrate criminal organisations.

Corporate director of the children and young people service at North Yorkshire CC, Stuart Carlton, was responding to a High Court ruling that the police recruitment and use of children as covert informants was lawful.

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