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Green activists who hijacked and occupied a power plant coal train have had their convictions quashed because the police withheld evidence from an undercover officer.
Prosecutors admitted that the trial prosecution was responsible for a "catastrophic failure of disclosure" to both judge and jury during the 2009 trial of the "Drax 29."
Heavily redacted files recording communications between undercover officer Mark Kennedy, known as UCO 133, and his police handler show that he was present for the protest briefing and that he drove members of the group to a level crossing near the power station.
The government’s case for abolishing most jury trials doesn’t stand up to scrutiny, argues KIM JOHNSON MP – and it must be stopped before it does lasting damage to democracy
Former judge ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the details and controversy of Lucy Letby’s trial and appeal in the context of famous historical wrongful convictions that prove both the justice system and legal activists make errors
The heroism of the jury who defied prison and starvation conditions secured the absolute right of juries to deliver verdicts based on conscience — a convention which is now under attack, writes MAT COWARD