27 h. ago Teenager forced to expose herself in Met Police strip search says she may ‘never feel normal again’

Two Metropolitan Police officers have been sacked for gross misconduct following a four-week tribunal examining the strip-search in a Hackney school in 2020

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30 h. ago Criminal trials linked to Post Office Horizon scandal could wait until 2028

Commander Stephen Clayman, the police officer leading the investigation, said it is ‘making some real progress’.

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39 h. ago ‘I don’t know if I’m going to feel normal again’ Child Q says over strip search

Two Met Police officers have been dismissed after being found to have committed gross misconduct in relation to the ‘disproportionate’ search.

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40 h. ago Met Police officers who strip searched black schoolgirl, 15, are SACKED

Metropolitan Police officers Pc Kristina Linge and Pc Rafal Szmydynski strip searched the young girl after her school wrongly suspected her of carrying cannabis in December 2020

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42 h. ago Two Met Police officers sacked for gross misconduct in Child Q search

A 15-year-old girl was strip searched by officers in Hackney, east London, in December 2020, after being wrongly accused of carrying cannabis.

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42 h. ago Two Met Police officers sacked over ‘humiliating’ strip search of 15

Black schoolgirl forced to expose intimate parts in ‘traumatic’ police search at Hackney school in 2020 after being wrongly suspected of carrying cannabis

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42 h. ago Two Met Police officers sacked after committing gross misconduct over strip

A disciplinary hearing found search by three officers at school in Hackney was ‘unnecessary, inappropriate and disproportionate’

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43 h. ago Two Met Police officers committed gross misconduct with ‘humiliating’ strip search of Child Q

Black schoolgirl forced to expose intimate parts in ‘traumatic’ police search at Hackney school in 2020 after being wrongly suspected of carrying cannabis

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45 h. ago Two Met Police officers committed gross misconduct after ‘humiliating’ strip search of Child Q

Black schoolgirl forced to expose intimate parts in ‘traumatic’ police search at Hackney school in 2020 after wrongly suspected of carrying cannabis

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45 h. ago Two Met Police officers committed gross misconduct in Child Q search, panel says

A 15-year-old girl was strip searched by officers in Hackney, east London, in December 2020, after being wrongly accused of carrying cannabis.

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46 h. ago Two Met Police officers guilty of gross misconduct after ‘humiliating’ strip search of Child Q

‘Child Q’ was wrongly suspected of carrying cannabis when she was searched at a school in Hackney, east London, in 2020

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46 h. ago Metropolitan Police officers that strip searched girl, 15, committed 'gross misconduct'

The Metropolitan Police officers were found to have committed gross misconduct during the “disproportionate” and “humiliating” strip search of a 15-year-old black girl at a school

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68 h. ago Woman arrested after Palestine Action rally denies assault charges in court

Lavina Richards is accused of assaulting two Metropolitan Police officers at the Trafalgar Square march on Monday.

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3 d. ago Schoolgirl 'raped' at underpass as she walked at night: Police launch manhunt for attacker

The Metropolitan Police has launched a manhunt for the attacker after their officers assisted the victim, 15, at the scene in east London on Sunday night. The teenager is being treated by specialists.

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3 d. ago US Capitol rioter ordered to pay damages for assaulting cop who later died by suicide

Jury awarded $500,000 to widow and estate of the police officer who killed himself nine days after the January 6 riotA federal jury on Monday awarded $500,000 to the widow and estate of a police officer who killed himself nine days after he helped defend the US Capitol from the mob that attacked on January 6, 2021, including a man who scuffled with the officer during the uprising.The eight-member jury ordered the man, 69-year-old chiropractor David Walls-Kaufman, to pay $380,000 in punitive damages and $60,000 in compensatory damages to Erin Smith for assaulting her husband, Washington DC metropolitan police officer Jeffrey Smith, inside the Capitol. They awarded an additional $60,000 to compensate Jeffrey Smith’s estate for his pain and suffering. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Protests outside Iran embassy in London descend into violence as seven arrested

This morning, Metropolitan Police officers responded to reports of an altercation outside the Iranian Embassy in London. Two people were injured in the incident and seven arrested

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7 d. ago Seven men arrested after two people injured at protest outside Iranian Embassy

Metropolitan Police officers responded to reports of an altercation in Princes Gate in Knightsbridge, west London, shortly after 9.50am on Friday.

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7 d. ago Six men arrested after two people injured in ‘assault’ outside Iranian Embassy

Metropolitan Police officers responded to reports of an altercation in Princes Gate in Knightsbridge, west London, shortly after 9.50am on Friday.

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8 d. ago Met officers to face gross misconduct hearing after woman, 90, targeted with Taser

Two serving officers and one former officer to face hearing after woman was also handcuffed and put in spit hoodTwo serving Metropolitan police officers and one former officer will face a gross misconduct hearing after a 90-year-old woman with dementia was targeted with a Taser, the police watchdog said.The woman was also handcuffed and put in a spit hood during the incident in Peckham, south London, in May 2023, the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Race and lack of accountability involved in Child Q strip search, tribunal hears

A 15-year-old girl was strip searched by officers in Hackney, east London, on December 2020 after being wrongly being accused of carrying cannabis.

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