Teens take on Met over kids' 10-hour kettle ordeal
Police were accused today of unlawfully refusing to release children as young as 11 from a "kettle" during last November's tuition fee protests.
One child continued to be corralled using the controversial crowd control tactic after it got dark, judges were told at the High Court .
The landmark court case brought against the London Met by three teenagers could end the routine kettling of protesters.
Adam Castle, 16, his sister Rosie, 15, and Sam Eaton, 16, sought a judicial review after police trapped them in a kettle near Whitehall for around 10 hours last November.
Martin Westgate QC, appearing for all three, argued that the decision to kettle them breached the European Convention on Human Rights, the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the 2004 Children Act.
Adam told reporters the experience was "like a punishment for protesting."
"As children we can't vote, so one of the best ways for us to voice our opinion is through protest.
"And if that's stopped or inhibited by kettling then where are we left?"
