While diplomatic premises in the UK are part of UK territory, they are
inviolable and may not be entered without the consent of the Ambassador
or Head of Mission. (See DPA 1964 section 2(1) and schedule 3.)
Any offences committed in diplomatic premises in the UK are triable
under the ordinary principles of English law, subject to the principles
of diplomatic immunity for those who have it. Those who do not have this
status (whatever their nationality) can be prosecuted as normal, as for
example happened in the case of the terrorists who seized the Iranian
embassy in London in 1980.
Via
Livestream
Thursday, 16 August 2012
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