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Black detainees twice as likely as white detainees to be strip-searched in police custody – new study

The government has promised a new era of youth justice reform focused on protecting vulnerable children and reducing harm.

The Conversation

Report reveals Black children in England and Wales nearly 8 times more likely to face strip searches than white peers

A stark report reveals Black children in England and Wales are nearly eight times more likely to be strip-searched than white peers, with many searches yielding no evidence. This raises serious questions about proportionality and safeguarding, especially after cases like Child Q. Experts and campaigners are demanding urgent reforms to…

The Times of India

Black Londoners nearly three times more likely to be strip searched than white suspects

Met Police accused of discriminatory practices as force remains under scrutiny after strip search of 15-year-old Child Q at school in east London

Evening Standard

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‘I’m glad I could help them, Mum’: Southport attack survivor, 7, stabbed 33 times after trying to shield friends

Inquiry hears of devastating toll on girls who survived the horrifying knife rampage, including scars, flashbacks and crippling fear

The Independent UK

Teenager forced to expose herself in Met Police strip search says she may ‘never feel normal again’

Two Metropolitan Police officers have been sacked for gross misconduct following a four-week tribunal examining the strip-search in a Hackney school in 2020

The Independent UK

‘I don’t know if I’m going to feel normal again’ Child Q says over strip search

Two Met Police officers have been dismissed after being found to have committed gross misconduct in relation to the ‘disproportionate’ search.

Evening Standard

Two Met officers dismissed for gross misconduct after strip-search of black schoolgirl

Disciplinary hearing finds police officers’ search of Child Q, 15, was disproportionate and humiliating

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Two Met Police officers sacked for gross misconduct in Child Q search

A 15-year-old girl was strip searched by officers in Hackney, east London, in December 2020, after being wrongly accused of carrying cannabis.

Evening Standard

Two Met Police officers committed gross misconduct in Child Q search, panel says

A 15-year-old girl was strip searched by officers in Hackney, east London, in December 2020, after being wrongly accused of carrying cannabis.

Evening Standard

Child Q: 'I don't know if I'm going to feel normal again' says woman as Met officers sacked over strip search

A disciplinary hearing found search by three officers at school in Hackney was ‘unnecessary, inappropriate and disproportionate’

Evening Standard

Race and lack of accountability involved in Child Q strip search, tribunal hears

A 15-year-old girl was strip searched by officers in Hackney, east London, on December 2020 after being wrongly being accused of carrying cannabis.

Evening Standard

Child Q: Officer who strip searched girl thought she was ‘doing the right thing’

The 15-year-old was strip searched by officers in Hackney, east London, on December 2020 after being wrongly being accused of carrying cannabis.

Evening Standard

Child Q told she ‘may be arrested’ if she did not consent to search, panel hears

The girl, known as Child Q, was strip searched by officers in Hackney, east London, on December 3 2020 after being suspected of carrying cannabis.

Evening Standard

Child Q: Officer admits failings during strip-search of Black schoolgirl

The Met Police officer says the incident was mishandled but denies her actions were discriminatory

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The Independent UK

School deputy safeguard did not expect girl, 15, to be strip searched by police

The schoolgirl was strip searched by police while on her period after being wrongly suspected of carrying cannabis in December 2020.

The Guardian - UK

Black schoolgirl Child Q strip-searched by Met officers suffered mental harm, hearing told

Girl’s lawyer tells police misconduct hearing that she felt ‘physically violated’ by incident at her London school

Evening Standard

Child Q: Black schoolgirl, 15, ‘demeaned and physically violated’ by Met Police strip search, misconduct hearing told

Three officers face gross misconduct hearing over strip search of London schoolgirl on her period wrongly suspected of carrying cannabis

Evening Standard

Met officers facing sack over school strip-search of Child Q revealed

Constables Kristina Linge, Victoria Wray and Rafal Szmydynski will appear before a three-week gross misconduct hearing starting on June 2

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Evening Standard

School policing overhauled in Hackney after Child Q strip-searching scandal

The role of police officers in Hackney’s schools is to be overhauled, four years after the Child Q strip-searching scandal.

The Independent UK

Child strip-searched every 14 hours by police in England and Wales, report finds

Black children remain four times as likely to be strip-searched in new data uncovered following the case of schoolgirl Child Q

The Guardian - UK

Disciplinary hearing date for Child Q strip-search officers still to be set

Gross misconduct case over December 2020 incident that could lead to Met sackings may not be heard until 2025

Evening Standard

Child Q: Three Met police officers to face misconduct hearings over strip search of black schoolgirl

The IOPC has ruled officers have a case to answer for gross misconduct after search of 15-year-old in Hackney school

The Independent UK

Child Q: Met Police officers face disciplinary action over Black teenager strip-search

Met bosses have also been told by the IOPC that they should consider writing formal letters of apology to Child Q and her mother

Evening Standard

Child Q breaks silence on police strip-search to ask: ‘Why was it me?’

The 15-year-old school pupil adds: “Things need to change. Even I can see that’.”

The Independent UK

Braverman’s call to ramp up stop and search ‘would cause further alienation’

Jim Gamble said police should not be ‘driven by a political agenda about being tough on crime’.

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