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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Rob Evans, Emine Sinmaz, Harry Davies and Louisa Loveluck

US military failed to notify UK police of drink-driving allegation against airman based in England

A collage showing a US flag, a justice statue a car, a man and some barbed-wire fencing
The failure to notify British police broke a longstanding formal agreement. Composite: Guardian Design/Getty Images

The US military failed to notify British police of an allegation that one of its airmen had been drink-driving in Suffolk, preventing the British authorities from being able to investigate the offence.

The failure broke a longstanding formal agreement with British police that enables the UK to investigate alleged illegality by US military personnel who are stationed in Britain.

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