Black child’s ordeal, which involved exposure of intimate body parts, took place without parental consent, review finds
Highlights
- Police strip searched 15-year-old girl in London school’s medical room.
- Investigation finds racism was likely to have been an ‘influencing factor’ in officers’ actions.
- Police apologised for what a senior officer described as the child’s “truly regrettable” treatment.
- Child was made to bend over, spread her legs and use her hands to spread her buttocks while coughing.
- She is now in therapy and self-harming, according to family members’ statements to the inquiry.
- Police were called by teachers who said they believed she was smelling strongly of cannabis and suspected she was carrying drugs, but none were found.