Political Interest wrote:https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/10/05/us-diplomats-wife-claims-immunity-leaves-uk-afterfatal-road/
If she is any sort of person she will return to the UK and present herself to face justice.
This is an appalling misuse of diplomatic privileges.
The UK government should press Washington on this issue but of course they won't.
Apparently, she did not have diplomatic immunity?, for which there are rules under international law that apply to all countries.
Secondly, in any country, you are expected to abide by all of the laws in that country, no matter what your status.
You have to exchange personal name's, addresses with the other person if you are the driver, along with car insurance details in the event of injury's, also the owner of the vehicle's name & address even if that is yourself).
Additionally, you should take details, such as location, time of incident, along with brief details of what happened & report any injuries to oneself, passengers, or other vehicle occupant's.
If, I assume, she 'fled' the scene, without compying with the legal requirements as a driver involved in an injurious road traffic accident,then, he\she must report the incident, in person, as soon as possible within 24 hours, that does not entitle you to leave it for 24 hours before reporting the incident.
You then have seven days in which to produce, in person, at a police station, evidence of the insured person's insurance policy of the vehicle involved in the RTA.
It is an offence to not report an RTA where details have not been exchanged, within 24 hours,but, primarily asap & in a case of injury, it is a criminal offence not to do these things.
In addition to failing to produce car insurance details,of which, if not available, the person is usually given 7 days to provide that evidence in person, failure of which, can result in 6 months imprisonment being imposed, in addition to any other charges arising from the incident.
In this case,where a fatality occurred, as a result of a RTA, the police should have applied for a waiver of immunity, in order that the alleged 'offender' could be cautioned that a prosecution could follow from their actions in the incident, they would then be subjected to the same rights as any other person in that situation in that particular country.
These privileges that diplomats excercise, in my opinion, should not extend to personal actions outside of their legal diplomatic duties brief, a case in point, is that of Jamal KHASHOGGI in the Saudi Consulate in Istambul.
Only minor offences should be allowed in cases where a diplomat or his family are excercising their rights under the Geneva Convention, in addition to actual diplomatic or consular activities, for which, in the case of America, there are 'enhanced' rights under the Consular Convention, agreed between certain countries with each other.
In this case, I am not certain that America, any more than Russia would comply with a waiver request, but would leave it to the individual's conscience to instigate any step to meeting their responsibilities.
If they do not, no matter, at the end of the day, that person's life,possibly, their career, is tarnished, along with the reputation of themselves & the image of their home country.