If he was in the military I presume military police has some jurisdiction.
I would also presume there's some mutual law where if a foreign military member is on another countries soil (if you're in the military you can't just go on holiday to a foreign country without extra paperwork) that allows counties to retain their military courts jurisdiction even on foreign soil.
That doesn't mean he gets off - just that the trial would be under US MP law. To be honest, the consequences of which would be higher for him than under UK law.
If he was in the military I presume military police has some jurisdiction.
I would also presume there's some mutual law where if a foreign military member is on another countries soil (if you're in the military you can't just go on holiday to a foreign country without extra paperwork) that allows counties to retain their military courts jurisdiction even on foreign soil.
That doesn't mean he gets off - just that the trial would be under US MP law. To be honest, the consequences of which would be higher for him than under UK law.
They already held the court martial. He got six months in prison. Way less than he'd have gotten under UK law.
I believe they forgot to mention she, AFAIK, has a doctorate.
Is that relevant?
I think it makes it painting her as someone trying to take advantage of the rapist even more ridiculous.
There seems to be missing explanations here. The CPS are the ones to decide where to pursue a case, not the police.
But then there's a major issue of the judiciary and police not really doing their jobs properly, so it doesn't surprise me that this happened.
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