store in 1987 as part of his undercover work in the Animal Liberation Front. Lambert denied this. His activities as a police spy came to public attention in the course of revelations that the Metropolitan Police have employed undercover operatives (including Mark Kennedy), some of whom acted in ways designed to disrupt the activities of the groups they infiltrated. The Guardian newspaper has suggested that Lambert might have been prosecuted under his alias, and thus perhaps gave false testimony in court, for having distributed "insulting leaflets" outside a London butcher's shop. The Derbyshire Constabulary launched an investigation called Operation Herne in 2011 which combined many allegations against the police including this one and those pertaining to the death of Stephen Lawrence. It concluded that errors were made, but stopped at assigning any individual blame as far as this case was concerned. Other controversial activities Lambert's undercover activities also involved using the identity of a boy who had died at the age of seven. In 2013, it was reported that while undercover with London Greenpeace, Lambert had co-authored the 'McLibel leaflet', which resulted in a defamation lawsuit from McDonald's Corporation that took ten years to resolve. After his time undercover he was in charge of other officers in the same role. He deployed officers into Reclaim the Streets as well as campaigns for justice by families of black people whose deaths were mishandled by police, such as Stephen Lawrence. Academic work Lambert's scholarly work includes: Countering Al Qaeda in London: Police and Muslims in Partnerships (2011) London, C. Hurst & Co. See also UK undercover policing relationships scandal References Further reading External links Guardian profile Huffington Post contributions Living people Academics of the University of Exeter Academics of the University of St Andrews Metropolitan Police officers Members of the Order of the British Empire Undercover police agents Year of birth missing (living people)