Report says civil servant knowingly polluted sea with Peel Harbour silt

A government report about deliberate dumping of contaminated silt at sea won't be released on the orders of an employment tribunal.

Dr Kevin Kennington had asked for a document called the Roberts Report to be released, as he claimed he'd been driven to resign from the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in 2020.

The report named a civil servant who the marine scientist claimed pressured him to support silt from Peel Harbour being dumped at sea in 2014, and found the civil servant had knowingly sanctioned the deliberate pollution of controlled waters.

However, the employment tribunal said the report was of little evidential value in the case.