London police on Monday arrested former ambassador of the United Kingdom in the USA of Peter Mandelson on suspicion of abuse of official power in connection with his ties to the poor sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. TASR informs about it according to the reports of the Reuters and AP agencies.
“The police arrested a 72-year-old man on suspicion of abuse of official power,” London’s Metropolitan Police said in a statement. Mandelson was removed from his diplomatic post in September after the publication of emails that showed he maintained a friendship with Epstein even after being convicted in 2008 for sexual offenses against a minor.
As more details emerged in documents released by the US Department of Justice last month, police opened a criminal investigation into suspicions that passed sensitive government information to Epstein 15 years ago.
His arrest comes four days after police made an arrest former Prince Andrew, now Andrew Mountbatten-Windsorfor suspicion of of a similar crime related to his friendship with Epstein.
