Environmental activists demand inquiry into undercover officer's role; Agent provocateur goes native

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Environmental activists demand inquiry into undercover officer's role
Source: The Guardian

Following the collapse of their trial, power station protesters say PC Mark Kennedy's actions must be investigated

Six environmental activists who faced charges of trying to take over a power station called today for an inquiry into the role of an undercover police officer, who is accused of helping to plan and pay for the invasion.

The trial of the six, who denied conspiring to break into Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station, collapsed today, after details began to emerge about the role played by PC Mark Kennedy, an undercover police officer.

An investigation by the Guardian revealed how Kennedy lived at the heart of the environmental movement for seven years, using the fake identity Mark Stone to infiltrate dozens of protest groups.
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Speaking after the hearing, their solicitor Mike Schwarz, confirmed Kennedy offered to assist the defence during the trial, saying he believed the police officer turned "native" after being convinced of the arguments of climate change.

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What a tangled web. Accusations of being an agent provocateur, and that the same man 'turned native'. And undercover for at least 7 years in environmentalist groups? Haven't they, as they say, got real criminals to catch?