A new inquiry into women’s safety at the hands of Greater Manchester Police is merely “lip service”, according to a woman who alleges she was stripped, drugged and sexually assaulted while in the force’s custody.
The independent inquiry into the use of strip searches, intimate checks and the removal of clothing of women and girls who are taken into custody has been commissioned by Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham and will be led by former victims commissioner Vera Baird.
But Zayna Iman, who accused GMP of wrongdoing after spending 40 hours in their custody in February 2021, said she had not even spoken to Baird. “I am still being let down despite being the central case in the inquiry,” she told openDemocracy.
