伦敦，10月8日——英国警方周四表示，此前为搜查与查尔斯国王的弟弟安德鲁·蒙巴顿-温莎有关的房产而签发的搜查令存在程序错误，必须予以撤销。
LONDON, Oct 8 - British police on Thursday said that search warrants it secured to search properties linked to King Charles' younger brother Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor had been incorrectly granted and must be quashed.
今年2月，查尔斯国王的弟弟因涉嫌滥用职权而被捕，警方随后对英格兰东部桑德灵厄姆及温莎的多处房产实施了搜查。
King Charles' younger brother was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office in February and searches carried out at properties in Sandringham, eastern England, and Windsor.
蒙巴顿-温莎方面申请撤销这些搜查令，泰晤士河谷警察局也承认这些搜查令的签发不符合法律规定。
However, Mountbatten-Windsor applied for the search warrants to be quashed and Thames Valley Police said it accepted that they had not been properly granted.
泰晤士河谷警察局发言人称：“我们认可法院最初依据特定法律条款签发搜查令的决定存在错误，因此这些搜查令依法必须撤销。”
"We accept the position that the initial court's decision to issue warrants under the specific piece of legislation used was incorrect and therefore these must be legally quashed," a Thames Valley Police spokesperson said.
该局还称：“目前相关法律程序正在进行中，旨在确定搜查中查获的物品该如何处置，以及我们能否合法保留这些证据以用于正在开展的调查。”据悉，此次刑事调查的起因是美国司法部公布了数百万份涉及已故美国性犯罪者杰弗里·爱泼斯坦的文件。
"Legal proceedings are currently ongoing to decide how material seized during the searches will be managed and whether we can lawfully retain it in support of our ongoing investigation." It said its criminal investigation which began after the release of millions of documents by the US Department of Justice relating to the late US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was still ongoing.
作为已故女王伊丽莎白二世的次子，安德鲁始终坚称自己与爱泼斯坦事件毫无关联，并表示对两人曾经的友谊深感遗憾。
Andrew, the second son of the late Queen Elizabeth, has denied any wrongdoing in relation to Epstein and said he regrets their friendship.