S5 Uncovered (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781910782569)

Based around a series of true events. The BBC's current affairs programme 'Panorama' undertook a sixty minute documentary / expos surrounding an elite government task force that went undercover in Sheffield over a period of twelve months. Their remit was to use the Proceeds of Crime Act to fill up the police federations coffers using illegally gained intelligence, on one hand overlooking - and in some cases encouraging - major criminal activity such as murder, kidnap and torture; whilst on the other, surreptitiously acquiring pre-bargained guilty pleas from defendants then reneging on deals, which culminated in some of the heaviest sentences ever handed out in the UK. But the programme was never aired.

Author: James Durose-Rayner
ISBN-10: 1910782564
ISBN-13: 9781910782569
Publisher: Clink Street Publishing
Language: English
Published: 07/19/2016
Pages: 908
Format: Paperback
Weight: 2.13lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 2.02d