Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has won his legal case today.

It is of little significance. All the evidence needed is already available.

Whitewavemark2

It is of little significance. All the evidence needed is already available.

It is very significant for the Met. Added to their mounting catalogue of errors this
is another nail in their coffin

This ruling has little significance and it won't invalidate any evidence gathered on the earlier search.

The Met Police applied for the warrant under section 8 and 9 of PACE. The court indicated section 9 was not needed and the court issued warrant under section 8 only of PACE.

Andrew won his claim on a technicality. It has been ruled that as the warrant could/should have been legally issued correctly in the first place by the earlier court, ie under section 9 of PACE, there is no legal reason for the Met Police not to retain any evidence it secured earlier.

Any evidence secured will not be deemed invalid in this context.

It is not a nail in the met Police coffin!

It wasn’t the Met., it was Thames Valley police. I don’t think there’s any excuse, particularly in such a high profile case.

I posted could invalidate which is what several news outlets are reporting.

The Met are trying to improve their image and that of their officers, negative reporting will not help them.

(We have Met police officers in our extended family, I would love to see more positive reporting)

Apologies you are correct it is Thames Valley Police

I really shouldn’t multitask, sorry 🤦‍♀️

I have reported my OP and requested that it is edited