{
  "id": 12904127,
  "title": "British police admit they bungled search warrant in legal win for former prince Andrew",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/british-police-admit-they-bungled-search-warrant-in-legal-win-for",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-08T16:21:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBC News",
    "slug": "cbc-news",
    "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/andrew-arrest-epstein-legal-challenge-9.7374030"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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.\n\nThe 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.\n\nA 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.",
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    "outlets": 11,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "RTE News",
        "title": "Search warrants for Andrew's properties unlawful - court",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/search-warrants-for-andrews-properties-unlawful-court",
        "published": "2026-10-08T13:45:12.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "ABC News AU",
        "title": "Breaking: Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor wins court battle to have police search warrants quashed",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/breaking-andrew-mountbatten-windsor-wins-court-battle-to-have-police",
        "published": "2026-10-08T13:46:26.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Newsweek",
        "title": "Ex-Prince Andrew Search Warrants Were Unlawful, Police Admit",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/ex-prince-andrew-search-warrants-were-unlawful-police-admit",
        "published": "2026-10-08T14:01:27.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "BBC News",
        "title": "Police accept Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor search warrants were unlawful, court hears",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/police-accept-andrew-mountbatten-windsor-search-warrants-were",
        "published": "2026-10-08T14:07:58.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "Search warrants for former prince Andrew's homes were unlawful, UK court rules",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/search-warrants-for-former-prince-andrews-homes-were-unlawful-uk",
        "published": "2026-10-08T14:09:08.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Global News",
        "title": "Police used unlawful warrants in former Prince Andrew property seizure, U.K. judge says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/police-used-unlawful-warrants-in-former-prince-andrew-property",
        "published": "2026-10-08T14:18:50.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Dawn",
        "title": "Ex-prince Andrew search warrants quashed after UK police accept legal error",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/ex-prince-andrew-search-warrants-quashed-after-uk-police-accept-legal",
        "published": "2026-10-08T14:39:32.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Gulf News",
        "title": "UK police agree searches for ex-prince Andrew’s homes ‘unlawful’: Judge",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/uk-police-agree-searches-for-ex-prince-andrews-homes-unlawful-judge",
        "published": "2026-10-08T15:02:51.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "UK police accept ex-prince Andrew search warrants must be ‘legally quashed’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/uk-police-accept-ex-prince-andrew-search-warrants-must-be-legally",
        "published": "2026-10-08T15:20:53.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "UK ex-prince Andrew search warrants quashed after police accept legal error",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/uk-ex-prince-andrew-search-warrants-quashed-after-police-accept-legal",
        "published": "2026-10-08T15:53:07.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}