425k, yours for ****** an undercover cop

[Chuck328]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-29743646.

Fair enough she may have been duped but 425K? Really?

[Corpulent Tosser]

Link doesn't work for me and I have no idea what it is about.

[GrumpyTwig]

Chuck328 said:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-29743646

[carinaman]

I guess having a kid with someone under false pretences is quite a bit more serious than being sold a lemon.

[greygoose]

carinaman said:

I guess having a kid with someone under false pretences is quite a bit more serious than being sold a lemon.

I agree, the whole situation should never have got to that stage.

[Rovinghawk]

Why can't the father pay for his kid rather than the taxpayer? He didn't have to get her pregnant, presumably?

[carinaman]

He was another officer sleeping on the job.

[Adrian W]

so If i get a woman pregnant my employer pays, interesting president,surely the police have to appeal this stupid ruling.

[RegMolehusband]

My sympathy is with the woman having listened to her on the news last night. I don't think this deserves any Daily Mail like outrages. A fair ruling.

[Adrian W]

RegMolehusband said:

My sympathy is with the woman having listened to her on the news last night. I don't think this deserves any Daily Mail like outrages. A fair ruling.

Why, reading the BBC article the money was paid out to protect the reputations of the senior officers involve, and not necessarily to compensate the "victims"

[grumbledoak]

I don't mind this ruling. Ideally the father should have paid for his kid's upbringing, but I can see that might have been tricky.

[carinaman]

I am not sure it's enough money.

I am glad I am not Gilbert's on the job cover offspring.

What's the difference between a police officer fathering a child while maintaining a cover story and rape?

Did Animal Rights Activists require such deep undercover penetration?

How does police officer Gilbert fathering a child with 'Jackie' compare to the stuff that some of the more extreme Animal Rights activists did with regard to Cambridge Life Sciences or whatever the firm's called?

[jogon]

They have a child together and he used to nip back to his wife and other kids on the weekend.

£425k seems quite cheap but at least the cop still has a good relationship with the kid.

[crazy about cars]

carinaman said:

I am not sure it's enough money.

I am glad I am not Gilbert's on the job cover offspring.

What's the difference between a police officer fathering a child while maintaining a cover story and rape?

Did Animal Rights Activists require such deep undercover penetration?

How does police officer Gilbert fathering a child with 'Jackie' compare to the stuff that some of the more extreme Animal Rights activists did with regard to Cambridge Life Sciences or whatever the firm's called?

I think the poor woman deserves compensation but I also feel the officer should be penalised unless his contract specifically states having sexual relations resulting in offspring is part of the deal.

[vladcjelli]

carinaman said:

deep undercover penetration?

I rest my case, m'lud.

[Rovinghawk]

grumbledoak said:

Ideally the father should have paid for his kid's upbringing, but I can see that might have been tricky.

Or he could have resorted to one or more of the many forms of contraception available.

Fathering kids was not part of his job, therefore the taxpayer shouldn't have to pick up the tab.

[carinaman]

If you or I commit some terrible crime, say even doubling the speed limit on an deserted M-way, the police will front up some BiB Talking Head to say that the ban and fine set a strong deterrent to others that such driving will not be tolerated.....

I don't think £425K sets enough of an example.

I also don't think the Met have demonstrated contriteness either.

[vladcjelli]

Contrition?

[carinaman]

Yeah, that too.

[AJS-]

I wonder if there will be any similar cases where undercover female police officers duped male suspects into sexual relationships, or if it will be one of those strangely one way wrongs.