Police paperwork shows when 30 teenagers were strip searched at an underage Sydney music festival earlier in 2019 just five had an appropriate adult present.
The vast majority of strip searches carried out on teenagers at an underage Sydney music festival earlier this year were potentially unlawful, an inquiry has heard, with one boy claiming an officer put his hands inside his underwear.
A 15-year-old boy told LECC investigators he felt"pretty scared" when he was picked out for a search after a drug detection dog sniffed his pockets.He had no drugs on him and was confused as to why he was being singled out. Despite explaining to officers that he just wanted to be able to store his valuables in the bag so he could dance at the event, he was strip searched anyway.
The Sydney hearing, expected to last five days, is considering each of the three cases and the lawfulness and reasonableness of strip search practices more generally.
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