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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Ben Quinn

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

Protesters attend a rally in front of Hackney Town Hall to demonstrate their support of Child Q in 2022
Protesters attend a rally in front of Hackney Town Hall to demonstrate their support of Child Q in 2022. Photograph: Jenny Matthews/In Pictures/Getty Images

Two police officers who were involved in the strip-search of a black teenager at her school have been dismissed after they were found to have committed gross misconduct.

The search at a school in Hackney, east London, was “disproportionate, inappropriate and unnecessary” and made the girl, known as Child Q, feel degraded and humiliated, a panel concluded at the end of a four-week misconduct hearing.

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