The Met newsroom carried no statement on the case by 14 October 2026, and the minister told the Lords on 16 September only that the Met was in contact and co-operating with US law enforcement, which the rule does not count.
(adjacent). Resolves YES if the Metropolitan Police newsroom at news.met.police.uk states by 23:59 BST on 14 October 2026 that the force has opened its own investigation into the staff member or into the suspected offences in London; liaising with a US investigation does not count. If the newsroom is silent, BBC and Guardian reports of a Met statement to that effect 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.