Anger at decision to drop royal sex probe
Former top cop calls for fresh investigation into duke
A FORMER chief superintendent yesterday slammed the Met Police for dropping its sex crime investigation into Prince Andrew.
Dai Davies says that another force must now carry out an independent probe.
Met Police officers spoke to Virginia Giuffre, who claims the Duke of York sexually assaulted her in London when she was 17.
She says she was trafficked by paedophile billionaire Jeffrey Epstein, who killed himself in prison in 2019 while awaiting trial for underage sex trafficking.
But Scotland Yard decided to take no further action in the case, and refused to probe allegations that Epstein had abused other young women in Britain. Davies, who headed the royal protection unit, said the decision was very premature, with Prince Andrew subject to a civil claim in a US court and his former friend Ghislaine Maxwell – Epstein’s lover – awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.
Davies said: “There are far more questions than answers here. What have they reviewed, what have they investigated?”
Referring to Met boss Cressida Dick, he added: “What did the commissioner ask? So far she has proved herself totally incapable of making operational decisions so there is a strong case for an outside force to be brought in to independently assess all this information.”
The Met and Dame Cressida have been under fire in the wake of Sarah Everard’s murder by a serving officer amid claims of a culture of misogyny.
Davies added: “Given the Met’s reputation and inability to keep their own house in order, what trust should the public have in them to investigate a member of the Royal Family? It is still unknown whether the Met has interviewed a catalogue of potential witnesses including Andrew’s former police protection officers, members of the Royal Household staff and key people associated with Epstein and Maxwell.
“The whole process stinks of a job done very badly indeed.”
Prince Andrew’s legal team has until October 29 to respond to legal papers being served on him in the US lawsuit.
A source said: “Despite pressure from the media and claims of new evidence, the Met has concluded that the claims are not sufficient to warrant any further investigation. The Duke has always vigorously maintained his innocence.”