Five children strip-searched every week by Met without being arrested first
Five children strip-searched every week by Met without being arrested first
It follows outrage over the case of Child Q (Picture: PA/Getty)
Five children are being strip-searched by the Metropolitan Police without even being arrested first every week – with new data also exposing huge racial disparities.
Exactly 799 children aged between 10 and 17 were reportedly strip-searched while not in custody from 2019 to 2021.
Most were for suspected drugs offences, while there…