Anti-corruption cop in UK Epstein files probe vows 'relentless pursuit for justice'

Anti-corruption cop in UK Epstein files probe vows 'relentless pursuit for justice'Det Supt Simon Hurst, Head of Greater Manchester Police's Anti-Corruption Unit, is coordinating a national review of documents relating to paedophile financier Jeffrey EpsteinNewsDan Warburton Senior News Reporter12:16, 06 Apr 2026View 4 ImagesA UK task force has been set up to probe files relating to paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein(Image: Corbis via Getty Images)A senior anti-corruption cop reviewing the Epstein files has vowed to be "relentless in the pursuit for truth and justice".Detective Superintendent Simon Hurst, Head of Greater Manchester Police's Anti-Corruption Unit, is overseeing a national review of documents which sparked a wave of criminal probes across the UK. Det Supt Hurst was assigned PIP4 status for the review - giving him the powers to focus on "the strategic management of the highly complex, high-profile, or major crime investigations".He is working across a new national specialist team set up to identify UK violence against women identified in the released files on the US child-trafficker. But he is also focused on all other potential crimes which may emerge in the tranche of documents made public by by the US Department of Justice last month.View 4 ImagesAndrew Mountbatten-Windsor was stripped of his Royal titles over his relationship with Epstein(Image: Getty)READ MORE: Andrew dragged back into Epstein scandal as Hollywood drama threatens to rip open pastREAD MORE: UK cops urged to speak to Andrew's 'second victim' in fresh Epstein reviewNow, writing on LinkedIn, St Supt Hurst said: "It is an honour and a privilege to be asked to help co-ordinate such important work. I promise that I, and all those that work with me, will be relentless in the pursuit for truth and justice."Paedophile financier Epstein had links to the UK through the former Duke of York, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, 66, and hi...