UK undercover police who taped suspect’s ‘confession’ over killing criticise failure to prosecute

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Exclusive: ‘Serious concerns’ raised about decision not to put man on trial over death of Darren Poole in 2015

Two undercover police officers have raised “serious concerns” about a decision not to prosecute a potential murder suspect they secretly recorded making an alleged confession, according to confidential documents seen by the Guardian.

The target of the surveillance operation was at the time considered a suspect in the death of Darren Poole, a 38-year-old painter and decorator who was found dead in his flat in Birkenhead, Wirral, in August 2015. A coroner ruled Poole had been unlawfully killed.

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