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Northamptonshire police have sent officers to the US to interview the woman who claimed diplomatic immunity following her alleged involvement in the death of Harry Dunn. | Northamptonshire police have sent officers to the US to interview the woman who claimed diplomatic immunity following her alleged involvement in the death of Harry Dunn. |
The 19-year-old died when his motorbike crashed into a car driven by the American Anne Sacoolas outside RAF Croughton in Northamptonshire on 27 August. | The 19-year-old died when his motorbike crashed into a car driven by the American Anne Sacoolas outside RAF Croughton in Northamptonshire on 27 August. |
“Yesterday the family were told the police had passed their file to the [Crown Prosecution Service] yet tonight were informed that the police were travelling to the USA to interview Mrs Sacoolas,” the family’s spokesman, Radd Seiger, tweeted. | |
“Those two statements appear to be contradictory on the face of it further compounding the family’s misery.” | “Those two statements appear to be contradictory on the face of it further compounding the family’s misery.” |
Dunn’s parents, Charlotte Charles and Tim Dunn, will on Tuesday meet the shadow foreign secretary, Emily Thornberry, who is expected to call for a parliamentary inquiry into the teenager’s death. | |
On Monday, Dominic Raab, the UK foreign secretary, told the Commons he had commissioned a review into immunity arrangements for US personnel and their families at RAF Croughton in light of the case. | On Monday, Dominic Raab, the UK foreign secretary, told the Commons he had commissioned a review into immunity arrangements for US personnel and their families at RAF Croughton in light of the case. |
Raab said there were “no barriers to justice being done” for Dunn. | |
He also said the UK government believed diplomatic immunity “clearly ended” for Sacoolas, 42, when she left the country for the US shortly after the crash. | |
He added it would be for the Crown Prosecution Service and police to decide what steps to take, telling MPs he was not aware of any obstacle under the UK/US extradition treaty. | |
Dunn’s parents have cancelled a meeting set for Wednesday afternoon with Nick Adderley, the chief constable of Northamptonshire police, after it became clear his intention was not to answer a series of key questions the family had scripted, Seiger said. | |
News agency PA Media was told the force’s chief contacted the family to “provide clarity” that the meeting would be only a private and personal visit to express condolences. | |
Announcing the decision to cancel the meeting on Twitter, Seiger said: “The time for condolences has long since passed and the answers to the many questions about Anne Sacoolas’s departure and next steps are long overdue! | Announcing the decision to cancel the meeting on Twitter, Seiger said: “The time for condolences has long since passed and the answers to the many questions about Anne Sacoolas’s departure and next steps are long overdue! |
“Every moment that passes without those answers only compounds the family’s pain and misery. Totally unacceptable!” | “Every moment that passes without those answers only compounds the family’s pain and misery. Totally unacceptable!” |
Charles and Tim Dunn travelled to the US last week in an attempt to put pressure on authorities to return Sacoolas to the UK. | |
The visit included talks at the White House with President Trump, during which the family was told that their son’s alleged killer was in a nearby room and prepared to meet them. | The visit included talks at the White House with President Trump, during which the family was told that their son’s alleged killer was in a nearby room and prepared to meet them. |
They refused the meeting, insisting such an encounter take place in Britain. | They refused the meeting, insisting such an encounter take place in Britain. |
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