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Eleanor Fairbraida is one of around 11 known victims of Mark Kennedy, who posed as an eco-activist under the name Mark Stone in Nottingham between 2003 and 2010.

My story runs deeper than a personal betrayal – it reveals something dark and disturbing about the kind of society in which we live

By Press Association 2021 Kate Wilson court case Senior police officers “encouraged or tolerated” undercover officers having sexual relationships with activists they were sent to spy on for decades, a tribunal has heard. An environmental activist who was deceived into a nearly two-year relationship with an undercover officer is suing the Metropolitan Police for “egregious and serious violations” of her human rights. Kate Wilson, 41, began a relationship with Mark Stone shortly after first meeting him in 2003 and had a “whirlwin...

Police bosses knew that undercover officers were having sexual relationships with activists they were sent to spy on for decades and 'encouraged or tolerated' it, a tribunal has heard. Kate Wilson, 41, an environmental activist, was duped into a long-term relationship with undercover officer Mark Kennedy, who posed as a green campaigner, shortly after meeting him in 2003. The pair had a 'whirlwind romance' for more than a year before they split amicably in 2005, when she moved to Spain.   However in 2010, Ms Wilson discovered Kennedy was a married police officer who had been sent to infilt...