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Aine Fo

Konstancja Duff: Met apologises to woman strip-searched in ‘utterly disgraceful’ incident

Philosophy lecturer Konstancja Duff was arrested for trying to offer a 15-year-old a card with a list of legal advice during a stop-and-search on an east London estate in 2013

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The Met Police has apologised to a philosophy lecturer for language used by officers about her when she was strip-searched in an incident branded “appalling” by London’s Mayor.

Konstancja Duff was detained at a police station in the capital in 2013, having been arrested after trying to offer a 15-year-old a card with a list of legal advice during a stop-and-search on an east London estate.

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