Woman illegally strip-searched by police ‘reasonably thought’ officers would call her a liar, judge says

A woman, Raya Meredith, was illegally strip-searched by NSW police at a music festival and awarded $93,000 in damages, including $20,000 in aggravated damages. The court heard she feared officers would label her a liar during proceedings, despite their prior statements claiming no memory of the incident. NSW seeks to appeal the class action ruling involving 6,000 festivalgoers.