Four Metropolitan Police officers are being investigated over the arrest of a 15-year-old schoolgirl who was strip-searched in south east London - echoing the now notorious Child Q case that sparked protests in the capital last year.
A sergeant and three constables have been handed misconduct notices in connection with the girl's detention at Walworth Police Station on December 11, 2020, while the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) investigates.
The girl was held just eight days after Child Q, also a 15-year-old girl, was strip-searched at a school in Hackney, east London, - also by four officers - while menstruating because teachers thought they could smell cannabis on her.
A Child Safeguarding Practices Review later said racism was 'likely' a factor in Child Q being searched. The identity or race of the girl in the Walworth case has not been revealed.
