Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · edit-227 days agoNo criminal charges over British woman shot in US during a holidaywww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square48fedilinkarrow-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-227 days agomessage-square48fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareLedericas@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·27 days agoanne sorkin was on the wrong side oncoming traffic and fatally struck a brit, and she fled to embassy for protection.
minus-squareDenjin@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·27 days agoWhich she wasn’t entitled to. Diplomatic immunity doesn’t cover spouses.
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·26 days agoI don’t think it even covers CIA spooks, does it? I thought it was just for embassy staff.
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·26 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.
anne sorkin was on the wrong side oncoming traffic and fatally struck a brit, and she fled to embassy for protection.
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.
Potato potato
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.