A woman who was Strip-related by police When she was just 15 years old and was forced to highlight her intimate parts, her period states that she would not know if she would “feel normal again”.
Black schoolgirl Was Improperly discovered Hakni, at a school in East London, was suspected to be incorrectly carrying him in 2020 Canbis,
A four -week tribunal was found on Thursday that both Metropolitan Police Officers involved in the search, trainee detective constable Christina Ling and PC Rafal Szmidinsky, were guilty of gross misconduct. Both of them have been rejected without notice, while a third officer was misconduct and gave a final written warning.
The victim, identified as only Bal cue Due to her age at the time of the incident, she said that she could not go a day without screaming “since the incident.
In a statement issued via Bhatt Murphy Solicitor, he said: “Somebody went to school, where I was about to feel safe, took me away from people who were protecting me and naked me, while in my period.
“I cannot go a single day without screaming, shouting, crying or just leaving. I don’t know that I am going to feel normal again. But I know it can’t be with anyone, again.”
The victim did not speak during the tribunal.
The woman’s mother, who says that she used to participate in every day of a month -long tribunal, although she has been “relieved” that the two officers have been found guilty, believing that the Met police still have “a huge amount of work … to win back the trust of Black Londonders”.
The tribunal was told how black children are considered as adults and were less unsafe than their white companions. But neither breed nor a factor of age was found how the child Q was treated.
Kevin Southworth, the chief commander of the public protection in the frontline policing team of Met Police, described Child Q Strip-Sarch as “really regret”.
“Bal Q should never have experience and was really regrettable,” he said.
“We have honestly apologized to Child Q as this incident happened. Again, I am deeply sorry for the Bal Q and his family for that trauma that we hurt him, and the incident was damaged by the incident and is among our authorities due to the confidence of black communities across London.”
The force said the schoolgirl was discovered on 3 December 2020, when the police were called after worrying to the police that she smells strongly of cannabis and could be in the possession of drugs.
According to police, two female officials made more intensive discovery of the girl, in which intimate parts were exposed in the medical room in the school, but no suitable adults were present. No medicine was found.
The latest report by the commissioner of the children revealed that there was a child Strip discovered every 14 hours Between January 2018 and June 2023, a suitable adult suggested with official data was not present in 45 percent of the discoveries.
Lynn Perry, Chief Executive Officer of Children Charity Barnardo, said: “It is deeply worrying that strip searching is very common for children, so often done without proper protection, and black children are more likely to find strips than other background children.
“It is necessary that policing is done with respect and safety, and that children and young can rely on criminal justice system.”
