Isabel Rose was convicted of trying to extort £100,000 from the UK banker and perverting the course of justice.

The agreement would fulfil a long-held Saudi ambition but could attract concern in Israel and from some US lawmakers.

The opening follows years of controversy about what to do with the 17th-Century former inn, where the Nazi dictator was born.

The seizure follows a long-running investigation into drug-trafficking networks, police say.

Daniel Siad, whose name appears in the Epstein files thousands of times, had previously denied knowledge of the threat Jeffrey Epstein posed.