In a series of horrifying claims, the women alleged they were held against their will, denied food, brutally beaten and gang-raped by up to eight men at a time inside the apartment.

Saudi diplomat who 'held captive and raped two maids'Ī Saudi Arabian diplomat accused of holding captive and repeatedly raping two Nepali maids at his luxury home in India was able to flee the country under diplomatic immunity.

The Foreign Office said in an online release that it 'does not tolerate foreign diplomats breaking the law'. The UK had requested that the diplomat's immunity be waived, but the foreign state had refused to do so. One diplomat was expelled from Britain after being accused of rape and attempted rape in 2017. These reported crimes included rape, sexual assault, blackmail and possession of a firearm with intent to injure, according to the department. LAST December, the Foreign Office revealed 12 'serious and significant' offences had been allegedly committed by people entitled to diplomatic immunity in the UK in just a year.

Diplomatic immunity laws