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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Jordyn Beazley

NSW police argument that unlawful strip-search was necessary is ‘outrageous’, class action lawyer says

Splendour in the Grass festival
A 2018 strip-search of Raya Meredith at Splendour in the Grass – which discovered nothing illegal – was unlawful and unjustified, court hears. Photograph: Matt Jelonek/Getty Images

New South Wales police made an “outrageous” argument that it was “objectively necessary” to search a woman’s genital area during a strip-search at a music festival, despite admitting the search was unlawful, a court has heard.

The police force admitted in court documents that its July 2018 strip-search of Raya Meredith at Splendour in the Grass – which discovered nothing illegal – was unlawful and unjustified.

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