Court rules Philippines has custody over U.S. Marine
Reuters – USA
Wed Feb 11, 2009
The Philippines’ highest court has ruled an American soldier convicted of raping a Filipina in 2006 must be placed in government custody, scrapping a deal between the two countries that allowed detention inside the U.S. embassy.
The Supreme Court, in a majority vote taken on Tuesday but announced only on Wednesday, upheld a decade-old security treaty between Manila and Washington. It also said the treaty was clear on the detention “by Philippine authorities” of any U.S. personnel serving sentences. …
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE51A2AY20090211
NOTE: In the UK the court has no jurisdiction to hear the case if the person charged was on duty, in uniform and a member of a Visiting Force (US) – under the Visiting Forces Act 1952 – refer to CAAB Report – a case of doing what they like.
