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court martial
Coverage of court martial in the Nexus archive.
- ‘They said: wear angelic white’: British women who accused US airman of rape tell of American military trial
Two British women accused Tyrion Davis, a US airman, of rape in Suffolk. They testified at a court martial on a US base, with one victim describing violent attacks and receiving medical attention for injuries.
- 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.