Officers spent hours searching Lord Mandelson’s Camden address, close to Regent’s Park, on Friday, before leaving shortly after 8pm carrying boxes
Police officers left two addressees linked to former US ambassador Lord Peter Mandelson on Friday evening after spending hours carrying out searches.
The two addresses, located in Wiltshire and Camden, north London, form part of a misconduct in public office investigation in relation to Mandelson’s links to Jeffrey Epstein.
Images emerged on Friday showing several police officers arriving at Lord Mandelson’s Camden address, close to Regent’s Park, with files in hand, moments before both appeared to enter the property – before leaving shortly after 8pm.
The two officers were later seen to exit the residence to collect items from their car, before re-entering the London address with a blue box and a large bag.
It comes after the Met confirmed it was investigating the peer over allegations relating to files appearing to show him sharing government information with paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein during the financial crash.
Lord Mandelson has yet to speak publicly on the matter.
Police have left the London property carrying several boxes, with seven officers exiting the front door of the house in Camden at about 8.23pm.
One could be seen carrying a white cardboard box and another with a blue plastic one. Reporters’ cameras flashed as they drove away in cars that had been parked outside the building.
Deputy Assistant Commissioner Hayley Sewart, of the Metropolitan Police, said in a statement: “I can confirm that officers from the Met’s Central Specialist Crime team are in the process of carrying out search warrants at two addresses, one in the Wiltshire area, and another in the Camden area.“
The searches are related to an ongoing investigation into misconduct in public office offences, involving a 72-year-old man.
“He has not been arrested and enquiries are ongoing.”
Police searching two addresses linked to Lord Peter Mandelson as part of Epstein investigation. Picture: PA
Police at the home of Lord Peter Mandelson in Wiltshire. Police are searching properties in Wiltshire and Camden, north London, as part of a misconduct in public office investigation launched into Lord Mandelson. Picture: Alamy
Documents released as part of the so-called Epstein files led to allegations that while Lord Mandelson was business secretary following the 2008 financial crisis, he passed on market-sensitive information to the sex offender.
One marked police car and five unmarked cars were seen parked outside his Wiltshire address, which had lights on inside and an open garage door.
Documents released by the US department of justice have laid bare the apparent extent of Lord Mandelson’s relationship with Epstein in recent days, as well as leading to accusations relating to his time in government.
Lord Mandelson has yet to speak publicly, but the BBC said it understood he maintains he did not act criminally and that his actions were not for personal gain.
The former Labour grandee has quit his party and stood down from the House of Lords amid the allegations.
An unidentified man looks through the letter box of the home of Lord Peter Mandelson in north west London. Police are searching addressees in Wiltshire and Camden. Picture: Alamy
It comes as pressure continues to mount on Sir Keir Starmer to sack his most senior adviser amid the fallout from the Peter Mandelson scandal and the grandee’s ties to paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.
Labour MPs issued further calls on Friday for the PM to dismiss his chief of staff Morgan McSweeney.
MPs are blame McSweeney for the appointment of Lord Mandelson as US ambassador despite the peer’s links to paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.
Peter Mandelson, Baron Mandelson PC, at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool. Picture: Alamy
Police searching two addresses linked to Lord Peter Mandelson as part of Epstein investigation. Picture: PA
Others calling for Mr McSweeney’s departure include veteran MP Clive Efford and Southport’s Patrick Hurley, who suggested another job should be found for him running the party’s campaigns rather than the Government.
Their comments follow an intervention by Labour’s former deputy leader Baroness Harriet Harman, who said Sir Keir should consider “a real reset” in Downing Street and warned his premiership could be finished if he does not take the right course of action.
In a speech on Thursday, the Prime Minister insisted that “none of us knew the depth of the darkness” of the peer’s relationship with Epstein he was appointed ambassador to the US last year.
Police are investigating allegations the peer, who has stepped down from the Lords, passed on market-sensitive information to Epstein when he was business secretary following the 2008 financial crisis.
