By Chris Greenwood and Eleanor Harding and Neil Sears PUBLISHED: 10:18 EST, 29 January 2014 | UPDATED: 12:28 EST, 29 January 2014 The family of a senior British diplomat said today that his house may have been raided by counter terrorism police by ‘mistake’. Sources close to Nicholas Sutcliffe, a first secretary to the Foreign Office, said officers may have ‘messed up’ after a mysterious tip-off. His son James, 19, was arrested under counter terrorism legislation and the £650,000 family home ‘torn to pieces’ in a startling show of force by police. 'Torn apart': The home of senior British diplomat Nicholas Sutcliffe was raided by police over the weekend. His son James, 19, was arrested under counter terrorism legislation. Above, police are pictured outside the house
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Diplomat Nicholas Sutcliffe's family home was raided by anti-terror police
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Officers spent four days searching £650,000 house in Streatham, London
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Mr Sutcliffe's son James, 19, arrested under counter terrorism legislation
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However, the teenager was bailed and will now face no further action
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Friends and family claim police officers may have 'messed up' after tip-off
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'James has been told by police he has done nothing wrong,' says relative
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Magistrate Meena Patel's home was also searched in Stratford on Sunday
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Daughter Kuntal, 36, believed to have been arrested and held in custody
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Three addresses in London are currently being searched by experts
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