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Raya Meredith
Coverage of Raya Meredith in the Nexus archive.
- 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.
- Police can use force to move body parts during strip-searches, NSW argues in appeal court
New South Wales is arguing in an appeal court that police can use force to move body parts during strip-searches, seeking to overturn a 2025 class action ruling that deemed such searches unlawful. The case involves a 2018-2022 music festival search of Raya Meredith that was previously ruled unjustified.