British police admit they bungled search warrant in legal win for former prince Andrew

British police have admitted that search warrants obtained to search properties linked to former prince Andrew were issued unlawfully and must be quashed. According to the Gulf News, the search warrants were used to search his former home in Windsor and Sandringham.

The investigation into Andrew, 66, is ongoing. He was arrested in February on his 66th birthday on suspicion of misconduct in public office related to his links to late US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

A High Court judge, Nicholas Hilliard, disclosed that Thames Valley Police agreed the search warrants were unlawful, but stressed that this does not bring the investigation to an end. The court still needs to decide whether police can continue to hold items seized in the raids.

Brief written by urgent.news from CBC News, South China Morning Post, Gulf News — 3 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.