Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · edit-23 days agoNo criminal charges over British woman shot in US during a holidaywww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square47linkfedilinkarrow-up1144arrow-down11cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1143arrow-down1external-linkNo criminal charges over British woman shot in US during a holidaywww.bbc.comDavriellelouna@lemmy.world to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · edit-23 days agomessage-square47linkfedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·3 days agoWe didn’t even expel them when one of them killed somebody in the UK…
minus-squareLedericas@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 days agoanne sorkin was on the wrong side oncoming traffic and fatally struck a brit, and she fled to embassy for protection.
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoAnne Sacoolas, not Sorkin. Anna Sorkin was the woman who pretended to be rich and then a load of US banks just gave her a load of free money. And apparently it’s illegal when poor people do that, so she went to prison.
minus-squareDenjin@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoWhich she wasn’t entitled to. Diplomatic immunity doesn’t cover spouses.
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoI don’t think it even covers CIA spooks, does it? I thought it was just for embassy staff.
We didn’t even expel them when one of them killed somebody in the UK…
anne sorkin was on the wrong side oncoming traffic and fatally struck a brit, and she fled to embassy for protection.
Anne Sacoolas, not Sorkin.
Anna Sorkin was the woman who pretended to be rich and then a load of US banks just gave her a load of free money. And apparently it’s illegal when poor people do that, so she went to prison.
Which she wasn’t entitled to. Diplomatic immunity doesn’t cover spouses.
I don’t think it even covers CIA spooks, does it? I thought it was just for embassy staff.
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