 Despite the law stipulating that "As far as practicable, children (whether suspected of a crime or not) should only be interviewed in the presence of a parent or guardian, or, in their absence, some person who is not a police officer and is of the same sex as the child", all three of them were questioned without any other adult being present.Lattimore and Salih accused the police of hitting them.Lattimore suffered a nosebleed and Salih cried.