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It\u2019s astonishing as this man was living in a private address and potentially committing crimes here yet we weren\u2019t told in time.\n\n\nHow events unfolded\n\nIt threatens to cast a shadow over PM Andy Burnham\u2019s planned meeting with Donald Trump at the UN in New York in just over a week Credit: Shutterstock Editorial\n\n\n\u201cThe case was prompted by them investigating the man\u2019s brother, who was apparently sending him images.\n\n\n\n\u201cBut he could also have been in touch with paedophiles here.\n\n\n\n\u201cAnd if there are child-abuse crimes, there are possibly other crimes he could have committed. There are fears the Yanks are trying to keep this in-house and it\u2019s a cover-up. And we now don\u2019t know if we\u2019ll ever get him back to face British justice.\u201d\n\n\n\nWell-placed sources said meetings over the alleged paedo diplomat row had \u201cgone to the very top\u201d and taken place in Sir Mark Rowley\u2019s office this week.\n\n\n\nA US diplomatic source hit back yesterday, saying: \u201cWe acted decisively. If we had ceded ground and waited there could have been delays and diplomacy that could have gone on for weeks or months.\u201d\n\n\n\nLeading extradition lawyer Edward Grange, a partner at Corker Binning, told The Sun on Sunday: \u201cThe US Embassy is not American territory and diplomatic status does not give US law enforcement a free hand to exercise police powers on British soil.\n\n\n\n\u201cIf someone in Britain is wanted to face criminal charges in America and will not return voluntarily, the proper route is extradition.\n\n\n\n\u201cIf extradition was deliberately bypassed, that would raise very serious questions about the legality of the operation.\u201d\n\n\n\nThe Met Police said: \u201cOn August 25, US authorities made us aware of an investigation they are conducting into suspected offences in London relating to indecent images of children. 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