Defence Secretary John Healey has advised officers to overview army data to search out any proof of Jeffrey Epstein trafficking girls into Britain by way of RAF bases.
He has advised them to depart “no stone unturned” as they search by way of greater than 20 years of Ministry of Defence (MoD) paperwork to search out proof of the paedophile billionaire’s personal jet touchdown at bases.
Personal jets are allowed to land at army bases by prior association, and for a price, so long as they don’t intrude with any operations.
Mr Healey‘s order comes after Gordon Brown final week claimed the British state might have facilitated Epstein’s crimes by permitting his airplane to land at RAF bases, generally with unknown girls onboard.
The previous prime minister famous one specific flight in December 2000, when Epstein’s Gulfstream airplane landed at a Norfolk airbase earlier than he visited Sandringham with Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.
The previous prince was arrested final week on suspicion of misconduct in public workplace after emails launched by the US Division of Justice appeared to indicate he despatched confidential data to Epstein from his time as a commerce envoy.
He has all the time denied wrongdoing.
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There are data of Epstein flying into RAF Marham. File pic: PA
An MoD spokesperson advised Sky Information: “The defence secretary has ordered a overview of all data that the division might maintain referring to Epstein flights touchdown at RAF bases to make sure that any data which pertains to Epstein’s crimes is uncovered and supplied to the related authorities.
“The MoD will assist any civilian police investigations.
“Our ideas are with all of the victims of Epstein’s vile crimes.”
Different emails from the most recent tranche present Epstein flew into RAF Northolt in northwest London and RAF Marham in Norfolk a minimum of 4 instances between 2000 and 2019.
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Additional flights, together with passenger manifests, could possibly be unearthed within the army data search.
It’s understood officers will look by way of MoD emails to search out any file of Epstein or his crew reserving RAF airfields.
The US administration has launched particulars of Epstein’s airplane, which will probably be used to seek for any data.
Whereas RAF flight logs are deleted after three months, it’s understood emails between MoD officers and personal travellers are stored.
