The defendant had been taken into police custody upon arrest for disorderly behaviour. Police officers, acting in accordance with what they believed to be standing orders to search every female prisoner, in the face of a refusal by the defendant to be searched, searched her and in so doing removed her brassiere.
Held: Persons detained in police custody must not be searched unless there is a ‘very good reason’ for doing so
Judges:
Donaldson LJ
Citations:
[1981] QB 128
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Regina v Carroll and Al-Hasan and Secretary of State for Home Department Admn 16-Feb-2001
The claimants challenged the instruction that they must squat whilst undergoing a strip search in prison. A dog search had given cause to supect the presence of explosives in the wing, and the officers understood that such explosives might be hidden . .
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Police, Torts – Other
Updated: 09 May 2022; Ref: scu.211413