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Evening Standard
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Tristan Kirk

Police payout £229,000 to eco-activist duped into sexual relationship with undercover cop

Kate Wilson was deceived into a nearly two-year relationship with an undercover officer

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The Metropolitan Police will pay more than £200,000 in compensation to an environmental activist who was tricked into a sexual relationship with an undercover officer.

Kate Wilson was engaged in a romance with police officer Mark Kennedy for around two years when he had been sent by the Met’s National Public Order Intelligence Unit (NPIOU) to spy on activists.

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