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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/inquiry-urged-in-police-work-row.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Pc Mark Kennedy infiltrated a group of environmental activists accused of conspiring to shut down Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/min-inquiry-urged-in-police-work-row.jpg" alt="Pc Mark Kennedy infiltrated a group of environmental activists accused of conspiring to shut down Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station"/></a></p>
<p>A solicitor has called for a full and robust independent inquiry into the controversy surrounding an undercover police officer who infiltrated a group of environmental activists.</p>
<p>Mike Schwarz represented 20 campaigners convicted of planning to invade Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station, as well as another six whose case collapsed earlier this week when prosecutors dropped the charges.</p>
<p>The protesters&#8217; legal team claimed the decision was made after former Met police officer Mark Kennedy, who infiltrated protesters in the guise of a climber called Mark Stone, had a crisis of conscience and offered to give evidence on their behalf.</p>
<p>On Saturday, independent officials were starting an investigation into whether police tried to cover up Mr Kennedy&#8217;s role amid claims in The Times newspaper that the trial collapsed when the CPS discovered Nottinghamshire Police withheld secret tapes of meetings.</p>
<p>The force&#8217;s Chief Constable Julia Hodson has already announced an internal review into the secret operation.</p>
<p>The revelations have sparked a wider debate on police tactics to monitor political and environmental groups operating on the fringe of legality.</p>
<p>And Mr Schwarz said the IPCC investigation and a rumoured probe by Her Majesty&#8217;s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) were not enough.</p>
<p>Mr Schwarz said: &#8220;We&#8217;ve got the IPCC looking at a bit, the police investigating themselves with the HMIC investigation, but the public need to have confidence in a robust, comprehensive investigation. It is the only satisfactory, comprehensive and reliable way&#8221;.</p>
<p>His comments came as the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo) defended the use of undercover policing but said officers had to remain within the law.</p>
<p>A spokeswoman said Acpo could not comment on the case specifically but it was important not to lose sight of the significance of undercover work.</p>
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