Dossier
12,000 US personnel
Coverage of 12,000 US personnel in the Nexus archive.
- How the US bypasses British courts to try its military over crimes in the UK
US military personnel stationed in the UK are tried in US courts martial for crimes committed there under an obscure 1951 agreement. A case involving a US fighter pilot who strangled a woman in England highlights growing scrutiny of this system, which handles even sexual assault and paedophilia cases through military trials.