Outrage after police paid a convicted child RAPIST £10,000 to be an undercover informer into Asian sex gang yet his lies almost got the case thrown out

‘The NSPCC was ‘appalled’ after police paid a convicted child rapist £10,000 to be an undercover informer while investigating an Asian sex gang.
Northumbria Police deployed the man, who can be identified only as XY, to infiltrate the gangs, who were hosting parties where underage girls were attacked and plied with drugs.
But the men who face jail for multiple attacks on vulnerable girls in Newcastle could have walked free as he was roundly criticised in court.
Defence teams said it was ‘misconduct’ and ‘bad faith’ and claimed the proceedings should have been stopped to ‘protect the integrity of the criminal justice system’.
A judge also described him as ‘dishonest’, ‘unreliable’ and ‘lacking credibility’.
But Northumbria Police has defended its use of the informant and said his involvement allowed the force to ‘detect and prevent serious crimes’.’
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