Foreign diplomats or their dependents have also been accused of committing 15 serious crimes
The US embassy has clocked up £14,643,495 in unpaid congestion charge debt since its introduction in 2003, a minister has said. The total value of unpaid debt incurred by diplomatic missions and international organisations in London is £145,411,143 between 2003 and 2022, Foreign Office minister David Rutley said in a written ministerial statement on Thursday.
Foreign diplomats or their dependents were accused of committing 15 serious crimes including causing death by dangerous driving, sexual assault and modern slavery while in the UK between 2019 and last year, a minister has said. The figures will include the case of US citizen Anne Sacoolas, who hit 19-year-old Harry Dunn with her car outside a military base in Northamptonshire in 2019.
She had diplomatic immunity asserted on her behalf and was able to leave the country after Harry died, but was later convicted of causing his death in a UK court. One diplomat or dependent from Saudi Arabia faced a historical allegation of modern slavery in 2019, while one from the US and one from Iraq faced allegations of sexual assault.
Among other alleged crimes were fraud by abuse of position, cruelty to a child and driving under the influence of alcohol. Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Americas and Caribbean David Rutley revealed the figures in a written ministerial statement on Thursday.
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