" In December 2016, 24 years after my former partner disappeared, the Undercover Policing Inquiry finally confirmed that John Dines was an undercover police officer.

Together with seven other women who had also been deceived into relationships with undercover officers who were spying on political protest groups, I began legal action against the Metropolitan Police in 2011.

Despite an apology from the Metropolitan Police in November 2015, The police still refuse to confirm my partners real identity. "

― Helen Steele