18 March 2026 , 16:19
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Britain’s top cop has explained how the UK is examining a “wide spectrum of sexual allegations” linked to Jeffrey Epstein after he arrived in the US.
Sir Mark Rowley stated that officers are reviewing “a whole range of suggested sexual allegations” to determine if any “merit a criminal investigation.” The Metropolitan Police Commissioner confirmed he is urging American authorities to provide the unredacted material, warning it could be crucial if cases against the disgraced former prince and the ex-cabinet minister go to court.
The intervention comes just weeks after Andrew Mountbatten Windsor and Peter Mandelson’s arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office. Both men have denied wrongdoing.
Now, UK detectives believe key evidence remains locked inside millions of files held by US agencies investigating Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell. Speaking on US TV, Rowley said: “Of course, there’s a big body of that evidence ... in the United States in all those files and at some stage we’re going to need the unredacted evidence. We need the original copy, and where it came from, and that’s going to be necessary if we get to the stage of court cases.”
The Met is in contact with the Department of Justice, despite repeated claims from US officials that there is nothing further to investigate stateside. But British detectives are taking a very different view.
Politics Editor