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Rebecca Whittaker<\/span>26 February 2026 04:30<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Rebecca Whittaker<\/span>26 February 2026 03:30<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Nazir Afzal, former chief prosecutor, has said that Jeffrey Epstein\u2019s victims are being ignored in investigations as the state\u2019s interests take priority.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cWhen the state is the victim, the state moves at pace. When women are alleged victims the state barely moves at all,\u201d he told The Guardian.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cThe view of the victims is that their suffering is not being treated by British police with the same urgency as the alleged offences against the interests of the state.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Afzal said one woman had contacted him and alleged Epstein sent her to the UK, where she was attacked. He said: \u201cThey feel they have been ignored for years.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cThe hard stuff, that is the allegations of sexual assault and trafficking, nobody seems to be dealing effectively with that,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Rebecca Whittaker<\/span>26 February 2026 02:30<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Royal aides warned the former prince it would be a \u201cbad look\u201d for him to be seen enjoying himself on horseback while under police investigation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Rebecca Whittaker<\/span>26 February 2026 01:30<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Sir Keir Starmer has dodged calls for a public inquiry into Jeffrey Epstein and his possible use of British airports to traffic girls into the country.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey has called for the Government to release all flight logs and documents regarding the paedophile financier.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n It comes after former prime minister Gordon Brown wrote to six police forces demanding investigations into whether the former prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor used jets, funded by the taxpayer, and RAF bases during his time as trade envoy to meet up with the convicted sex offender.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Rebecca Whittaker<\/span>26 February 2026 00:30<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Rebecca Whittaker<\/span>25 February 2026 23:30<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Analysis by The Times <\/em>suggests Jeffrey Epstein was trafficking women through British airports, up until a month before he was arrested in 2019. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n Booking records fuel receipts and flight logs, which have all be disclosed in the Epstein files, revealed the convicted sex offender flew in and out of Britain by private jet more than 60 times. He also booked commercial flights for young women. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n Police are investigating whether victims were trafficked on Epstein\u2019s private jet into UK commercial airports as well as some RAF bases. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Rebecca Whittaker<\/span>25 February 2026 22:41<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Rebecca Whittaker<\/span>25 February 2026 22:30<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nWatch: Ed Davey asks government to release logs of Epstein flights into UK<\/h2>\n
Epstein victims are being ignored while UK\u2019s interests take priority, says ex chief prosecutor says<\/h2>\n
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor \u2018banned from horse riding\u2019 by royal aides after arrest<\/h2>\n
Recap: Sir Keir dodges calls to release flight logs related to Epstein<\/h2>\n
Watch: Lady Victoria Hervey slams ‘sick and deranged hounding’ of ex Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor<\/h2>\n
Epstein was trafficking women through British airports until 2019<\/h2>\n
Three issues with the Misconduct in Public Office probe against Andrew<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n