“The 15-year-old, referred to as Child Q, is taking civil action against the Metropolitan Police and her school, the law firm Bhatt Murphy said.
“She is acting to obtain “cast-iron commitments to ensure this never happens again to any other child”.
“The shocking case – which saw Child Q searched by two officers at a Hackney secondary school – has caused uproar across the community.
“She was searched in 2020 without another adult present and under the knowledge that the girl was menstruating.
“A safeguarding review concluded that the strip search was unjustified and racism “was likely to have been an influencing factor”.”
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