2026-09-14 · The Guardian
🔮 US officials reportedly raided the diplomat’s London flat in August before taking him to an American airbase and flying him out of the country, without warning the Metropolitan police.
American personnel have no powers of arrest in Britain, and there was no formal request for the man to be extradited.
UK ministers are understood to be in contact with the US embassy over the incident, which could further strain relations between London and Washington.
Elements of the case echo that of an American fighter pilot, first reported in the Guardian, who avoided being tried under English law for strangling a woman in Cambridge while off-duty. assertive
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