Multiple children fighting for their lives after car crashes into English school
A woman in her 40s is in police custody following the London tragedy. Multiple children are fighting for their lives after a Land Rover crashed into a school in Wimbledon, London. An 8-year-old girl tragically died following the incident at The Study Prep school in Wimbledon. She was pronounced dead at the scene, according to […]
3 years ago
650 children strip-searched by Met Police in 2 years, report reveals
The report found that Black children were being disproportionately targeted. The Children’s Commissioner in the UK has found that between 2018 and 2020, 650 children were subject to “intrusive and traumatising” strip searches by the Metropolitan Police Force. The report by Scotland Yard was commissioned after the Child Q scandal, in which a Black teenage […]
4 years ago
Portuguese police to continue search for Maddie McCann as Met police end theirs
The search will continue in Portugal. Police in Portugal are continuing to investigate Madeleine McCann’s disappearance despite the Met Police ending their search. Sources close to Portuguese authorities say that dismissing the ongoing case review is “completely out of the question.” According to The Irish Sun, Portugal’s Attorney General’s Office said that an independent inquiry […]
4 years ago
Black schoolgirl strip searched by Met Police in traumatic ordeal
A report determined that racism was a likely factor in the humiliating ordeal. Scotland Yard has issued an apology after a 15-year-old girl was subject to a “traumatic” strip search without any adults present. As Metro reports, the girl, who is referred to as Child Q, was wrongly suspected of carrying cannabis, when officers strip […]
4 years ago
Met police apologise for “sexist, derogatory” language used in strip-search
An investigation into the incident remains ongoing. The Metropolitan Police has apologised and paid compensation to a woman after it emerged that officers used “sexist, derogatory and unacceptable language” while strip-searching her. As the Guardian reports, the apology comes after CCTV footage caught officers commenting on Dr Konstancja Duff’s body hair, as well as commenting on […]
4 years ago
Serving Met Policeman denies grooming 13-year-old girl for sex
He was arrested as part of an undercover operation. A serving Metropolitan Police officer has pleaded not guilty to a series of child sex offences, including grooming a 13-year-old girl with the aim of sex. 51-year-old Francois Olwage, from Stevenage, was arrested in Basingstoke, Hampshire, after an undercover operation by Hertfordshire Police. The detective constable, […]
5 years ago