MoD documents released; officials say handover breached agreement
1 Oct 31 · 8d ago · 2 articles · 1 post · 3 sources · development 1 of 1
Freedom of Information Act release reveals private MoD correspondence showing officials concluded that Cambridgeshire police should "absolutely" not have transferred the investigation to US military police, as it breached a decades-old agreement granting UK police primary investigative rights over crimes by Americans in the country except in narrow circumstances.
“as best as we understand the facts, this should absolutely have been for the UK courts”
MoD officialCaptain Jacob Wulfson US Air Force officer accusedSarah Steele VictimCambridgeshire police Investigating authorityMinistry of Defence UK government departmentDowning Street UK government executive
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