Tonight, a woman came forward to add to accusations that Kennedy in his undercover role had sexual relationships with women in the protest movement. Her allegations raise important questions for his senior police handlers about his conduct while operating undercover.
Giving details about how Kennedy gained her trust and slept with her many times over the course of a year, Anna, 26, said she felt "violated" by the actions of the police officer foreign national who has been active in the environmental movement throughout Europe, Anna said she met Kennedy in 2005 when she was 21.
"As far as I knew, he was very well connected and very active. He was very keen to help out in any way he could with our campaign. We met in London, and obviously as he was very active in everything I was doing we ended up spending a lot of time together."
She said she developed a sexual relationship with the undercover police officer, and had sex with him more than 20 times during that period.
"This movement is a small clique, so it is not difficult to run into the same people in various different situations. I also met him at various protests, for example in Germany, Spain, Ireland, the Netherlands and Iceland."
She said that she spent time at his house in Nottingham but the relationship eventually "faded out". Now married, she is no longer connected with the protest movement".
MP in Germany says Mark Kennedy 'trespassed' in Berlin activists' lives
The row over the unmasking of undercover police officer Mark Kennedyreached Europe today as a German politician demanded the Bundestag parliament reveal what the authorities knew about Kennedy's infiltration of Berlin's protest movement.
Andrej Hunko, an MP for the leftwing Linke party, issued a press release saying Kennedy had been "active" in Germany as well as the UK and had "trespassed" in the private lives of activists.
The Guardian understands Kennedy spent long periods in Germany, and lived with individuals in the "black block" anarchist movement. He also travelled extensively elsewhere in Europe, using a fake passport to enter 22 different countries.
In a statement, Hunko accused Kennedy of starting sexual relationships with activists and helping to organise the German end of the G8 and G20 protests.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jan/10/mp-germany-mark-kennedy-activists
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