A London Judge on Thursday said police unlawfully searched the properties of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor as part of a sweeping investigation into the former prince’s ties to late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Thames Valley Police arrested Mountbatten-Windsor in February after information in the Justice Department’s Epstein files disclosure showed alleged misconduct during his decade as a United Kingdom trade envoy from 2001 to 2011. Police later searched his two homes and seized property as part of the investigation into the alleged misconduct.

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