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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondent

Met refers eight more strip-searches of children to police watchdog

A protest at Stoke Newington police station after it was revealed that Child Q, a 15-year-old, was strip-searched at school while menstruating.
A protest at Stoke Newington police station after it was revealed that Child Q, a 15-year-old, was strip-searched at school while menstruating. Photograph: Guy Smallman/Getty Images

The Metropolitan police have referred another eight cases of strip-searches of children for independent investigation.

There was outrage over the case of Child Q, a 15-year-old black girl who was strip-searched at school while menstruating, without an appropriate adult being present. The police apologised and a local council report said the child’s treatment was in part the result of discrimination.

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