美国当局上月对一名驻伦敦的美国外交官进行秘密突袭，该外交官涉嫌持有儿童不当图像，随后被转移至美国空军基地并运出英国，英国警方事先未获通知 1。美国警方表示于8月25日周二向英国当局通报了调查情况 1。英国政府发言人表示，英国期望所有外国外交官在英国遵守法律 1。
英国政界人士对此事提出严重质疑。保守党议员Nick Timothy在致司法部长的信中指出，此事可能构成"掩盖"，并要求该外交官在英国法院接受审判 1。英国警察部队无权对美国人员进行逮捕 1。此事再次引发对英美关系的担忧，与之前美国人员规避英国法律审判的案例相联系。美国战斗机飞行员Jacob Wulfson因勒死剑桥女性被军事法庭判刑6个月；美国国务院员工Anne Sacoolas因2019年车祸致死英国少年Harry Dunn，后于2022年12月认罪并被判8个月监禁（缓刑1年） 1。
US authorities conducted a covert raid on a London apartment housing an American diplomat suspected of possessing indecent images of children, subsequently transferring him to a US Air Force base and removing him from the United Kingdom without prior notification to London police 1. The operation has sparked outcry from British lawmakers, who have called for the suspect to face trial in UK courts rather than being spirited away.
Conservative MP Nick Timothy has written to the Justice Secretary expressing concern that the removal could constitute a "cover-up" and demanding that the diplomat be tried in British courts 1. The incident echoes previous cases where American personnel have evaded prosecution under UK law. These include US fighter pilot Jacob Wulfson, who was sentenced to six months by military tribunal for strangling a Cambridge woman, and US State Department employee Anne Sacoolas, who was convicted of causing the death of British teenager Harry Dunn in a 2019 car crash; Sacoolas pleaded guilty in December 2022 and received an eight-month prison sentence suspended for one year 1.
US police stated they notified British authorities of the investigation on Tuesday, August 25 1. A UK government spokesperson has emphasized that the government expects all foreign diplomats operating in Britain to comply with local law 1.
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