Hungarian lawmaker resigns after caught fleeing a 'sex party' by climbing down a drainpipe

József Szàjer, a senior member of Hungary's ruling Fidesz party, campaigns in Budapest ahead of the European Parliament elections in 2019.

 (CNN)A senior member of the European Parliament from Hungary's ruling Fidesz party has resigned after he admitted to breaching Belgium's coronavirus lockdown to attend a private gathering described by national media as a "sex party."

József Szàjer said in a statement that he was "present" at the "private party," where police found about 20 people, including diplomats.

According to Sarah Durant, the spokeswoman for the Brussels' public prosecutor's office, police were called to an apartment above a bar in the historic city center at 9:30 p.m. last Friday after neighbors "complained of nighttime noise and potential violations of measures linked to the COVID-19 pandemic."

Officers found about 20 people at the apartment, two of whom, aged 43 and 33, claimed diplomatic immunity, Durrant said.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/01/europe/hungarian-mep-lockdown-party-brussels-intl/index.html

After fatal UK crash, 'anomaly' over U.S. diplomatic immunity is removed

From Reuters:

FILE PHOTO: Charlotte Charles, mother of Harry Dunn, and Dunn's stepfather Bruce Charles walk outside the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London, Britain, July 21, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain has agreed with the United States to remove an “anomaly” which allowed the wife of a U.S. official to claim diplomatic immunity from criminal prosecution after she was involved in a road accident in which 19-year-old Briton Harry Dunn was killed.

The crash last August has caused friction between London and Washington after Britain criticised the United States for refusing to extradite Anne Sacoolas.Now the loophole that allowed Sacoolas to claim immunity has been closed.

Britain’s foreign minister Dominic Raab said that under new arrangements, the criminal prosecution of family members of American staff working at the Croughton Annex military base in central England would be permitted.“It’s important that we have now agreed with the U.S. new arrangements that have closed the anomaly that led to the denial of justice in the heart-breaking case of Harry Dunn,” Raab said in a statement.

Dunn’s family have said Sacoolas was driving on the wrong side of the road at the time of the crash, near the air force base in Northamptonshire which is used by the U.S. military.

Sacoolas left Britain shortly after the accident. Her lawyer has said that she will not return voluntarily to potentially face jail for “a terrible but unintentional accident”.

From: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-usa-dunn/after-fatal-uk-crash-anomaly-over-u-s-diplomatic-immunity-is-removed-idUSKCN24N1HI