US fighter pilot avoids British trial after raping a woman in England

everfrustrated 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

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.

	▲	jfengel 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		They already held the court martial. He got six months in prison. Way less than he'd have gotten under UK law.

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rbanffy 11 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I believe they forgot to mention she, AFAIK, has a doctorate.

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benj111 9 hours ago | parent [-]

Is that relevant?

	▲	rbanffy 37 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		I think it makes it painting her as someone trying to exploit the rapist even more ridiculous.

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benj111 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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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stefantalpalaru 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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