British police officer extradited to the Caribbean after alleged rape will go ...

British police officer extradited to the Caribbean after being accused of raping a foreign student while attending a family wedding will go on trial later this month PC Lee Martin-Cramp, 25, is suspected of raping a student at a wedding in 2016   He was extradited to Antigua and will now stand trial for the incident this month Martin-Cramp tried to block the extradition citing Antigua's prison conditions 

By Colin Maximin For Mailonline

Published: 16:32 GMT, 11 January 2019 | Updated: 10:16 GMT, 12 January 2019

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A British police officer extradited to Antigua to face a rape charge has been committed to stand trial in the Caribbean island's High Court in late January.

PC Lee Martin-Cramp, 25, was flown to Antigua where he is suspected of raping a foreign student while attending a family wedding three years ago.

The Scotland Yard officer tried to block the move claiming being detained in the paradise island’s notorious 18th-century prison would be inhumane.

PC Lee Martin-Cramp (pictured at a passing out ceremony) was flown to Antigua where he is suspected of raping a foreign student while attending a family wedding three years ago

PC Lee Martin-Cramp (pictured at a passing out ceremony) was flown to Antigua where he is suspected of raping a foreign student while attending a family wedding three years ago

But in a legal first, the West Indian authorities convinced a London

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