Sandra Shepherd's son Jadan was stopped and searched in Lambeth earlier this month while sitting on a wall with his older brother and friends. She has now lodged a complaint with the police.
Penny Nicholls, director for children and young people at The Children's Society, said: "Under criminal justice legislation, stop and search has to be linked to probable cause and there has to be reasonable justification for it taking place. I wonder what justifies stopping under-10s. We know they find stop and search frightening and that it alienates them."
Corinna Ferguson, legal officer at Liberty, agreed that the experience of stop and search could be particularly frightening for children.
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