A Manchester cafe owner says two police officers tried to recruit him as an informant against Palestine Action by offering him financial help and a promise to overlook minor offences. The account raises serious questions about the methods being used by British police in their response to the banned direct action group.
Shams Sadiq, 51, who owns two cafes in Manchester, told The Guardian that officers made the approach when he visited Ashton-under-Lyne police station on May 15 to collect electronic devices seized during his arrest the previous year. The arrest was connected to alleged offences linked to Palestine Action.
