police informer
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The key witness in convicting the suspects - Jack Whomes and Michael Steele - was police informer and so-called supergrass Darren Nicholls, from Braintree, who gave evidence against his former friends at their trial.
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2025
He demonstrated his personal bravery in 1985 when, still a bishop, he helped to rescue a Black police informer from a mob in Duduza, a South African township.
From New York Times ● Dec. 26, 2021
“He was very convincing,” says one man who attended Yusuf’s sermons as a police informer.
From Economist ● Jul. 12, 2018
They crossed the line,” feeding Gates’s name and other incriminating details to a paid police informer who later testified, Neufeld alleged.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 17, 2015
Half my mind told me that Tom might be a police informer.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
