A woman who turned to Malta’s highest court to seek justice after police forced her to search through her own excrement ended up having her fundamental ri
€1,000 compensation for innocent woman forced to search her own faeces for drugs
The woman was made to endure a vaginal examination, and was administered a laxative before being made to search through her own faeces
17 March 2021, 1:49pm
by Matthew Agius
A Dutch woman has been awarded €1,000 in moral damages by the Constitutional Court for being made to search through her own faeces after being incorrectly suspected of drug trafficking in 2015.
The woman, Jennifer Koster, had also been subjected to intimate searches. She had filed constitutional proceedings, claiming a breach of her rights.
Koster had objected to the fact that she had been made to endure a vaginal examination and administered a laxative before being made to search through her own faeces.
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A Dutch woman who was made to search her own excrement for drugs has lost her case against the police over her claim that they violated her human rights.
Even though no drugs were found, the judge ruled that the police acted on a reasonable suspicion given that the woman’s boyfriend was a suspected drug trafficker.
Jennifer Koster claimed she had been subjected to inhumane treatment by the police after she was arrested in 2015 on suspicion of drug trafficking.
She told the First Hall of the Civil Court in its constitutional jurisdiction that she had been arbitrarily detained and kept under arrest for 16 hours despite repeatedly insisting that she was not carrying drugs.
Suspected drug mule administered laxative by police loses human rights claim
Court dismisses inhumane treatment claim by Dutch woman cleared of drug trafficking after made to search for drugs through her own faeces
19 December 2020, 6:09pm
by Matthew Agius
A Constitutional court has dismissed a case filed by a Dutch woman who claimed she was subjected to inhumane and degrading treatment by the police, after she was arrested in 2015 on suspicion of drug trafficking and made to search through her own faeces.
Jennifer Koster told the First Hall of the Civil Court in its Constitutional jurisdiction that she had been arbitrarily arrested and detained after arriving in Malta.