Rights groups call for statutory inquiry into misogyny in the Met

Campaigners say comments during Konstancja Duff's strip-search show sexism deeply embedded' in the police force

Women's rights groups have called for a statutory inquiry into misogyny in the Metropolitan police after derogatory comments by officers about an academic while she was strip-searched showed how deeply embedded" sexism is in the force.

In CCTV footage published by the Guardian, police officers made disparaging remarks about Konstancja Duff while she was strip-searched at Stoke Newington police station.