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[quote=Anonymous]There are questions about whether the family even properly had diplomatic immunity. This could explain why they were spirited out of the country - it would setup a public legal battle as to whether a spy who is not on the official diplomatic registry can claim diplomatic immunity:

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According to the 1961 Vienna Convention, people registered as diplomats and their families are legally entitled to claim immunity from being tried in their host country as long as they are not nationals there as well.

However, her husband — named by UK and US media as Jonathan Sacoolas — does not appear in the UK's official list of diplomats, inviting speculation that the family didn't have the right to claim diplomatic immunity to leave.

Mark Stephens, a British lawyer specializing in constitutional and diplomatic law, said this means the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Northamptonshire Police may not have had the right to let the family leave.

Referring to the Vienna Convention, Stephens told Sky News: "That treaty though doesn't bind Northamptonshire Police and it doesn't bind the family of this poor boy who was deceased, and as a consequence they can apply for her extradition to come back to face manslaughter charges."

Sources close to the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and the prime minister's office however, told Insider that Jonathan Sacoolas had the right to diplomatic immunity.

The prime ministerial source also told Insider that the Anne and Jonathan Sacoolas don't appear on the diplomatic list because it only contains the names of people based in missions in London.

It does not encompass all the names of people in the UK with the right to diplomatic immunity, the source added.[/i][/quote]

https://www.insider.com/anne-sacoolas-diplomat-husband-immunity-unclear-expert-2019-10

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