Closed officers

This refers to officers whose real and cover names have been fully restricted by the Inquiry. The evidence is held ‘closed’, hence the reference. Little is known of them and the Inquiry has only released their nominals and a gist collating the statements they provided.

In Tranche 1 the Inquiry received statements from HN21 HN21 HN21 was an SDS officer who was deployed in the late 1970s and early 1980s. While is real and cover name are restricted by The Inquiry he did appear as 'Geoff' in the BBC documentary True Spies. In the documentary, he said that he infiltrated the Socialist Workers Party and the Anti-Nazi League. He admitted having sex with a woman under his cover name on more than one occasion. , HN41 HN41 HN41 was a SDS undercover officer deployed against two groups in the 1970s and 1980s. , HN109 HN109 HN109 was an SDS undercover officer in the 1970s and returned to the Special Demonstration Squad as a Detective Inspector and manager of the unit in the 1980s. He gave evidence to the Inquiry in a closed hearing. As a manager, was involved in attempting to track down HN95 Stefan Scutt (cover name 'Stefan Wesolowski') after he had disappeared whilst still deployed following a mental breakdown in 1988. , HN241 HN241 HN241 was a undercover officer in the SDS at some point between 1983 and 1992. No other information is available. , HN302 HN302 HN302 was an SDS undercover officer in the 1970s. He admitted to a sexual relationship under his cover identity. He appeared as 'Brian' in the BBC documentary 'True Spies'. , HN341 HN341 HN341 was an SDS undercover officer who was deployed in the 1970s. They later returned as a manager to the SDS. They have been granted fully anonymity in both cover and real names, so the only evidence published relating to them is an anonymised summary of their evidence combined with that of other officers who were also granted complete anonymity. , HN355. HN355 HN355 was an SDS undercover officer who infiltrated Maoist groups in the late 1970s and early 1980s. No further information is available besides that given in a collective statement of SDS officers who gave evidence in closed hearings. Gist of T1 witness statements received by the UCPI from officers who have real and cover name restriction, given in the UCPI, Tranche 1, Phase 2, 21 Apr 2021.View Document  It has apparently held three days of evidential hearing by July 2024, but it has released no further details. Thirteenth Update Note, 13 Aug 2024, UCPI.View Document