By 14 October 2026 neither gov.uk nor Hansard carried a UK request for the man's return or an immunity waiver; the only ministerial statement, Lord Hanson in the Lords on 16 September, said only that ministers had discussed the case with the US embassy.
Resolves YES if, by 23:59 BST on 14 October 2026, a gov.uk press release or a written or oral ministerial statement on hansard.parliament.uk states that the UK has asked the United States to return the embassy staff member or to waive his immunity; being in contact with the embassy or raising the case does not count. If neither site carries it, on-the-record reports in the BBC and the Guardian of a minister saying so settle it, and silence resolves NO.
We looked for cases where a foreign country used immunity, its own courts or a flight home to keep one of its people away from the host country's police after a serious alleged crime. We counted a case if, within 30 days of it becoming public, the host government said in public that it had asked for the protection to be lifted or the person returned, or brought its own charge. Below are the last eight, since 2001: Britain first, then other countries.