Paedophile Jeffrey Epstein's private Birmingham Airport flights 'being assessed' by West Midlands Police
West Midlands Police is assessing information that has emerged over private Birmingham Airport flights linked to the paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
The force has confirmed it is looking into private flights into and out of Birmingham following the release by the US Department of Justice of new files regarding the financier and sex offender.
It is understood that several private flights linked to Epstein passed through Birmingham Airport between the 1990s and 2018, according to flight logs. He died in 2019 while awaiting trial for sex trafficking.
A West Midlands Police spokesperson said: "We are assessing the information that has emerged in relation to private flights into and out of Birmingham Airport following the publication of the US Department of Justice Epstein files."
Birmingham Airport (BHX) said it will be 'fully compliant' in providing any information it holds, although all privately chartered aircraft are run independently of the airport, with no passengers aboard private flights entering the main terminals.
A BHX spokesperson said: "All privately chartered aircraft are run independently of BHX and through a third party.
"No passengers on these jets enter the main terminal and are processed through the border in a private facility, away from our main operation.
"We do not have prior knowledge of arrangements on privately operated aircraft and will be fully compliant in providing any information that we do have to parties that may be investigating this in an official capacity."
