Thread by @fruitbatmania

Live tweeting the IPT final hearing in my case against the Met police. Just back after lunch on the first day. Follow the hearing live here:
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Or read the thread below...

Records of our trip to Dublin. Starting at my parent's, 25 April 2004, we travel to Manchester and then Dublin, we were arrested together there, and return to UK on 7th May and stay at my parent's again. Our every move is followed by an entourage of handlers and backroom #spycops

Cover officer EN31 was physically in Dublin
Future DCI EN107 was also heavily involved.
There was a team working in the background, planning and discussing Mark's and my activities from Feb 2004 on. Minute-by-minute records are kept.

The involvement of multiple police officers is not surprising. MK was a police spy on foreign soil. .What is notable is that the whole time he was with me.

There are references to the involvement of the DCI and also "gold" (assumed to be gold commander). No attempt is made by MK or his #spycops handler EN31 to keep the details about the relationship secret from them.

The logs show a fortuitous element to the way the operation is run. MK picks up on things that might be happening and they become targets of #spycops on a rolling basis. This is emblematic of the kind of self-tasking mission creep that was highly criticised by SOCA

The court hears how MK's handlers logged endless references to our life together. We moved in together and built a four poster bed out of scaffold poles. On 8th of June 2004 his handlers agree it would be "natural for Source to call Katja" as his one phonecall if he is arrested.

#Spycops logs include a totally absurd account that describes my family travelling to Ikea and leaving in convoy with mattresses strapped to the roof of the car.

The references to our life together just go on and on. We moved in together and MK and I built a four poster bed out of scaffold poles in May 2004. On 8th of June his handlers agree it would be "natural for Source to call Katja" as his one phone call if he is arrested.

Christmas 2004 #spycops logs include: a trip to the National theatre with my mum, "drinks and nibbles" at my parents after Carol singing for Amnesty, organised by my mum. There's extensive redaction on those pages. No idea why!

Soon after that MK claimed to go to Thailand. We don't know if he went - the police neither confirm nor deny - but on 24 Dec 2004 a Tsunami hit Thailand and MK claimed to have been involved. #Spycops emotional manipulation at its best...

Senior officers tracked MK's return from Thailand and the reactions of me and my family. O-20 was updated at 11pm at night. EN107 is fully briefed the following day. Mark and I go to the Natural History Museum together and then to the Cinema.

My family are worried about him as he seems to have lost weight. O-24 and O-20 are updated. The logs record:
"We will have to watch the effect on Source of these people showing they care when we are lying to them"

There is some discussion among the judges about the missing documents. All decisions, contact logs and other records for the period July 2003 - Feb 2004 (the period, when the relationship began) have gone. The police have given no explanation why. #spycops

I'm struggling a bit with the threading - I think my threads are branching into comments on tweets within the thread. :(

I'm struggling a bit with the threading - I think my threads are branching into comments on tweets within the thread. :(