Recordings made by police spy Mark Kennedy were crucial to case but hidden from environmental protesters' defence.

No prosecutors or police officers are to be disciplined over a miscarriage of justice in which environmental activists were wrongly convicted of plotting to break into a power station.

The on…

Around 40 sparks were protesting outside Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station on Wednesday 1st February to fight the imposition of the BESNA contract.

They have been out each week for the past couple of months, and usually when they hold a protest are able to stop cars going into the site and cause a lot of disruption on the roads tailing back to the M1. However, due to this success and the fact that …

The first of twelve official reports resulting from the public outing of undercover police officer Mark Kennedy and the subsequent collapse of the trials of 26 climate change activists has been published. The report claims that there was no “dishonest withholding of information” and no “systemic” failings, a conclusion the CPS have been happy to repeat. Critics of the report have dismissed it …

THE lawyer who represented protesters charged with planning to shut down Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station says there are more cases in Notts where evidence was not properly disclosed

The trial of six protesters collapsed – and the convictions of another 20 were quashed – when claims emerged that evidence from undercover cop Mark Kennedy had been withheld. ......

.... Mike Schwarz, who repre…

The police and the CPS were responsible for failures in the case of 26 protesters taken to court for planning a protest at Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station, a report has found. Dominic Howell reports...

More reports and reviews as questions continue [and another five in addition to these by my reckoning].

IN addition to the report published by Sir Christopher Rose, there are six other revie…

...... Sir Christopher said there could, and should, have been a meeting between the police and the CPS before anyone was charged in which the undercover officer's secret recordings could have been considered.

He said there was no proper disclosure to the defence and no attempt to follow standard legal practice to withhold secret material, known as public interest immunity.

He said: "All involv…

Mark kennedy to appear in public for documentary screening in copenhagen

Mark Kennedy (mark stone) who was the undercover cop outed in the UK this year will appear in copenhagen next week for the screening of a documentary about him. many in the UK and also copenhagen have some serious beef with this guy, and comrades from the UK are invited to copenhagen to pay him a visit as they see fit. the f…

Workers have demonstrated outside Ratcliff-on-Soar power station in a dispute over contracts. They claim new terms would mean a 30% pay cut. A ballot for industrial action is likely.

Have discovered more photographs of undercover police officer Mark Kennedy.  There has been much reporting of his monitoring activities in watching [&contributing to] direct action of climate change issues.

Lord Chief Justice Court of Appeal Judgement Mr Justice Treacy - Barkshire and others Vs R 20 July 2011

http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/Resources/JCO/Documents/Judgments/barkshire-others-v-r.pdf

After yesterdays hearing in the Court of Appeal on the Racliffe Power Station case ... convictions of the first 20, up before Nottingham Crown Court were quashed. These are some reports.

Undercover …

Power station convictions quashed

Posted on 19th July 2011 14:54

The convictions of 20 climate change activists who were found guilty of planning to break into Ratcliffe on Soar power station have today been quashed by the Court of Appeal.

Appeal court judges ruled the convictions were unsafe and said they would give their full reasons for the decision tomorrow morning (Wed 20 July).

Following…

FANTASTIC AND GREAT NEWS ........ at last!

Ratcliffe power station protesters cleared on appeal http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14203873

The convictions of 20 protesters for trying to shut down the UK's second largest power station have been quashed by the Court of Appeal.

The ruling came after it was revealed the group had been infiltrated by undercover police officer Mark Kennedy.

They had…

If you grew up in Notts and don’t partake in meat, you probably owe a huge debt to Patrick Smith. Why? Because he’s spent three decades as a vegan activist while slinging veggie burgers from a van in town, back in the day when ‘vegetarian option’ meant ‘just chips’. Now operating his veggie business out of the Sumac Centre in Forest Fields, he talks about a meat-free career, the Ra…

The Guardian has today published 3 articles about Mark Kennedy: 

Police knew about plans for Ratcliffe-on-Soar break-in before most activists 

 http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jun/07/mark-kennedy-ratcliffe-on-soar 

Police spying: secret tapes that put CPS on the spot 

 http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/jun/07/mark-kennedy-police-spy-secret-tapes 

Mark Kennedy c…

Ratcliffe-on-Soar protestors launch appeal against conviction

TWENTY climate change activists who were convicted of conspiring to shut down Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station have today formally submitted their application for permission to appeal to the Court of Appeal in London.

The move comes following revelations that critical evidence relating to undercover police officer Mark Kennedy …

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That this House is concerned about the use of undercover police officers to infiltrate protest groups; notes the recent decision by the Director of Public Prosecut…

Power station protesters urged to appeal

Posted on 18th April 2011 15:30

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has today invited lawyers representing 20 people convicted of protests at Ratcliffe on Soar power station, to appeal those convictions.

Keir Starmer QC, acting on advice from an independent barrister who has reviewed the case, believes there may be grounds to appeal.

He said: “Hav…

The Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer QC, has written to the legal representatives of 20 protestors convicted of conspiracy to commit aggravated trespass after a protest at Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station, inviting them to appeal the convictions.

On 28 January 2011, Mr Starmer asked Clare Montgomery QC to review the case of those protestors convicted in December last year. Ms Montgo…

The statement below has been verified by Fitwatch and the same statement appear on their website Last week ex-undercover police spy Mark Kennedy was encountered by chance by an activist who was an erstwhile friend. Kennedy was about to board a train at Euston Station in London. The person who saw him was extremely shaken and completely unsure as to what to do, but in the end they decided to accept…

A spying firm with corporate clients including E.ON, Scottish Power and Scottish Coal has been identified after accidentally emailing the activists it was spying on. Kent-based Vericola Ltd has been targeting groups including the Camp for Climate Action and London Rising Tide with low-level infiltration. Other groups are encouraged to check their lists and share any experiences.

Rebecca T…

The cases of 20 environmental activists convicted of plotting to shut down Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station are to be reviewed:

Great news, nothing won ..... but great news

18th January Nottingham Crown Court [Day 17]



From the first trial the previous 18 of the 20 defendant had already been sentenced on the 10th January.



The remaining 2 had to appear at Court 5, Nottingham Crown Court today.

Today was to have been the beginning of a trial of a further 6 people arrested during the police Operation Aeroscope

The second Ratcliffe conspiracy trial, due to start today, has collapsed after defence lawyers demanded information on undercover police officer Mark Kennedy.

Guardian investigation reveals details of PC Mark Kennedy's infiltration of dozens of protest groups

A police officer who for seven years lived deep undercover at the heart of the environmental protest movement, travelling to 22 countries gleaning information and playing a frontline role in some of the most high-profile confrontations, has quit the Met, telling his friends that what he did was …

On Wednesday 5th January, the defendants in the Ratcliffe Trial were sentenced. The judge spoke highly of the defendants describing them as ""honest, sincere, conscientious, intelligent, committed, dedicated, caring"." Five were given community orders ranging from 18 to 90 hours to be carried out within 12 months. The remaining thirteen all received conditional discharges ranging from 18 months to…

Final statement from the Ratcliffe defendants: post sentencing

5th January 2011



The Judge described Ratcliffe power station activists as "honest, sincere, conscientious, intelligent, committed, dedicated, caring". That they acted with "highest possible motives".

Climate Camp Aotearoa sends a message of solidarity across the globe to the 20 climate justice activists found guilty of conspiracy to commit aggravated trespass in the UK. The activists were among 114 people arrested in a dawn raid on Easter Monday last year against activists who planned not only to stop carbon emissions from …