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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Tobi Thomas

Two Met officers who strip-searched school girl removed from frontline duties

Hundreds gather at Hackney Town Hall in solidarity with Child Q, the 15-year-old strip-searched by police at her school
Hundreds gather at Hackney Town Hall in solidarity with Child Q, the 15-year-old strip-searched by police at her school. Photograph: Sabrina Merolla/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock

Two of the five officers who were involved in the traumatic strip search of a 15-year-old black girl in her school in Hackney, London, have been removed from frontline duties, the Metropolitan police has confirmed.

The admission came at a community meeting on Wednesday evening as anger over the treatment of the girl, known as Child Q, continues. The meeting was originally supposed to take place in person but had to be moved online after the police force could not find a venue. More than 250 people attended, with more wanting to but unable to join because of the meeting’s limit.

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