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US diplomat accused of child abuse images flown out of UK
The gist
US authorities flew an embassy staffer accused of child abuse images out of the UK.
The case renews a dispute over shielding US personnel from British law.
How it unfolded
- 2023American fighter pilot Captain Jacob Wulfson allegedly strangled a woman in Cambridge while off duty; he avoided trial under English law and was tried by court martial on a US airbase, convicted of strangulation and sentenced to six months in prison, and acquitted of sexual assault and aggravated sexual contact charges.
- Aug 25, 2026US authorities made the Metropolitan Police aware of an investigation they are conducting into suspected offences in London relating to indecent images of children. The man's flat in Putney, southwest London, was stormed, before he was taken back across the Atlantic without the British police being told.
- Sep 12, 2026Reports said US officials secretly flew an American diplomat accused of possessing indecent images of children out of the UK without telling British police.