Jeffrey Epstein 'housed victims in London flats after police failed to investigate him'

Alleged victims of Jeffrey Epstein were housed in London flats by the paedophile financier after the Metropolitan Police decided against investigating him, it has been reported.

Six women who stayed in properties in the capital have since accused the late sex offender of abusing them, according to the BBC .

The broadcaster said it had uncovered evidence that four flats in Kensington and Chelsea were used to house the women, receipts, emails and bank records contained within the Epstein files released by US authorities suggest.

Some of the women were originally from Russia and eastern Europe and were brought to Britain after Met detectives made the decision not to fully investigate Virginia Giuffre ’s 2015 allegation that she had been a victim of international trafficking, the BBC said.

Emails and exchanges dated around 2018 and 2019 show Epstein corresponding with women housed in the flats, it is reported.

Ms Giuffre alleged that she was forced by Epstein to sleep with powerful men when she was a teenager, including Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.

He denies the allegations but was stripped of his royal titles by the King last year followed intensifying scrutiny over his association with Epstein.

The Met insisted it followed "reasonable lines of inquiry" saying the force interviewed Ms Giuffre on several occasions following her complaint and has co-operated with US detectives.

Emails suggest that some of the women in the London flats were coerced by Epstein to recruit others into his sex trafficking ring.

One shows pictures of “cute” models sent to Epstein by a woman in London.

In other exchanges, Epstein used aggressive language when they complained about conditions and in one message he called a girl “rude” and a “brat”.

Many of the women were reportedly in London on student visas after Epstein reportedly paid for at least five of them to study in the city.

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The BBC said it had ploughed through millions of documents, images, videos and emails related to Epstein which have been released since December after the US House of Representatives passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act.

Epstein died in jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking and the files include documents collected as evidence in the criminal cases against him.

The Met has been contacted for further comment.