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Ben_aid t1_jdzk68v wrote

You can get away with anything if your parent is a billionaire or a diplomat (diplomatic immunity extended to their children MUST be abolished). It's a well-known story.

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EvenHair4706 t1_jdzlqda wrote

Always pisses me off when murderers talk about how hard it is for them

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redmamoth t1_je00cfl wrote

I get that there is no extradition treaty between the UK and Yemen, but can't father just, you know, pay for some 'special contractors' to head over there and bring him back to the UK?

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SailboatAB t1_je025yk wrote

Quote from the article:

"As a man, as a human, as someone who's moral, I think someone should do that [tell the truth]," [the killer] said in a phone call, [proceeding not to do that.]

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MaybeImDead t1_je03uya wrote

So, I read the whole super long article, and he never claims responsibility, he keeps saying it was a sex accident, so I guess we're just making up headlines then. Don't get me wrong I'm not defending the guy, but the title is just a lie.

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foodfightbystander t1_je0fwll wrote

Replying to Ben_aid (#2,412,776)

> diplomatic immunity extended to their children MUST be abolished

While it's easy to say that as a knee-jerk reaction, you have to realize that families of diplomats have to have diplomatic immunity. The whole point of diplomatic immunity is so that people can conduct diplomatic duties freely and safely, even during periods of political tension and armed conflict. If that doesn't apply to families, then it becomes simple to manipulate diplomats via their families.

The actual mechanism you want is that foreign officials home countries have the ability to waive immunity in the case of a serious crimes unrelated to their diplomatic role. This is the mechanism that needs to be employed more often, particularly in cases like this.

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__Call_Me_Maeby__ t1_je18wd4 wrote

The reporter Nawal Al-Maghafi has stayed on this story since 2008; I have the utmost respect for her determination to give Martine (the victim) a voice and Martine’s family answers.

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Kwolfe2703 t1_je1rhq8 wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#2,425,539)

A little but on the other hand, would you willingly go alone without witnesses into a suspected murderers home, who has unlimited resources in a country where you don’t have the benefit of the U.K. Police?

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