The diplomatic headache ramps up as the US refuses to extradite the diplomat’s wife to the UK
US secretary of state Mike Pompeo rejected Britain's extradition request to extradite diplomat's wife Anne Sacoolas. Picture: REUTERSInterpol has issued a red notice for the provisional arrest of a US diplomat’s wife charged over a car crash in Britain that killed a teenager, his family has said.
Sacoolas, whose husband was an intelligence official and has herself been reported to have been a CIA operative, has since claimed she had diplomatic immunity from prosecution. British police issued the request to Interpol that she be apprehended if she tries to leave the US, with a view to her eventual extradition.A red notice is not an international arrest warrant, but is issued for those wanted for prosecution or sentencing.
A US state department spokesperson said in a statement to AFP that it had rejected the extradition request, saying Sacoolas had immunity from criminal jurisdiction, and that Pompeo’s decision was final. The case has been a political headache for Prime Minister Boris Johnson as he tries to secure a US trade deal after Britain’s departure from the EU. Johnson’s spokesperson told reporters the decision to request an Interpol red notice would not come from the government.
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