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International Business Times UK
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No UK Trial for US Airman Accused of Exposing Himself To British Teenage Girl After US Military Claimed Jurisdiction

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A US airman accused of exposing himself to a 16-year-old girl and four other young women in Cambridgeshire avoided prosecution in a British court after the case was transferred to the US military.

Instead of facing trial under English law, Staff Sgt Hannes Marschalek was court-martialled at RAF Lakenheath before later having his conviction overturned on appeal over a legal technicality.

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