Suspected killer opened up to undercover officer, Bristol court hears

Officer spent 20 months befriending Darren Osment, who is now on trial for the murder of his ex Claire Holland

An undercover police officer posed as a gangster to win the trust of a man suspected of murdering a former partner and disposing of her body almost a decade earlier, in the hope that he would confess to the crime, a jury had been told.

The officer, working under the pseudonym Paddy O’Hara, befriended Darren Osment over 20 months and eventually the suspect confided that he had “done horrible fucking shit” and that his ex Claire Holland would “not see the light of day again”, Bristol crown court heard.