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| Harry Dunn's family urge voters to unseat Dominic Raab | Harry Dunn's family urge voters to unseat Dominic Raab |
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| Parents of 19-year-old are frustrated with the foreign secretary’s handling of case | Parents of 19-year-old are frustrated with the foreign secretary’s handling of case |
| The parents of Harry Dunn are encouraging people in Dominic Raab’s constituency to vote him out over their frustration at his handling of their son’s case. | The parents of Harry Dunn are encouraging people in Dominic Raab’s constituency to vote him out over their frustration at his handling of their son’s case. |
| Tim Dunn and Charlotte Charles, whose son Harry died on 27 August when his motorbike was involved in a head-on crash with a car outside RAF Croughton in Northamptonshire, are set to put pressure on the foreign secretary in the Esher and Walton constituencyin Surrey. | |
| The 19-year-old’s death sparked an international row when the woman suspected of driving the car, Anne Sacoolas, claimed diplomatic immunity and was allowed to return to the US. | The 19-year-old’s death sparked an international row when the woman suspected of driving the car, Anne Sacoolas, claimed diplomatic immunity and was allowed to return to the US. |
| Dunn’s family plan on confronting Raab on Monday evening while urging locals to vote for a Liberal Democrat hopeful standing against him. | Dunn’s family plan on confronting Raab on Monday evening while urging locals to vote for a Liberal Democrat hopeful standing against him. |
| Dunn and Charles have previously criticised the Tory candidate and the family’s lawyers have sought legal action against the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO). | Dunn and Charles have previously criticised the Tory candidate and the family’s lawyers have sought legal action against the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO). |
| Ahead of the constituency visit, they said they planned to confront the foreign secretary on why he “steadfastly refuses to publicly call for Mrs Sacoolas to be returned to the UK”. | |
| They said: “We are not political people. Whatever political thoughts we hold we generally keep to ourselves. | They said: “We are not political people. Whatever political thoughts we hold we generally keep to ourselves. |
| “But the enormity and shocking nature of what has happened to us have left us feeling compelled to come to Esher and Walton this evening in the midst of the current election campaign. | “But the enormity and shocking nature of what has happened to us have left us feeling compelled to come to Esher and Walton this evening in the midst of the current election campaign. |
| “We feel that his handling of our situation has been so outrageously dishonourable and disrespectful that we have a duty to respectfully bring these matters to the direct attention of that local community that have until now voted him into this position.” | “We feel that his handling of our situation has been so outrageously dishonourable and disrespectful that we have a duty to respectfully bring these matters to the direct attention of that local community that have until now voted him into this position.” |
| A claim by the family, which alleged that the granting of diplomatic immunity to Sacoolas was “wrong in law”, was met with strong resistance from the FCO – which told the family it would oppose and seek costs for any legal action. | A claim by the family, which alleged that the granting of diplomatic immunity to Sacoolas was “wrong in law”, was met with strong resistance from the FCO – which told the family it would oppose and seek costs for any legal action. |
| During their visit to the constituency on Monday evening, Dunn and Charles are expected to call on voters to back Monica Harding, a Lib Dem candidate hoping to unseat Raab. | During their visit to the constituency on Monday evening, Dunn and Charles are expected to call on voters to back Monica Harding, a Lib Dem candidate hoping to unseat Raab. |
| “Although we do not take part in any form of party politics, we invite people, irrespective of how they normally vote, to consider very carefully how they cast their vote on 12 December,” Dunn and Charles said. | “Although we do not take part in any form of party politics, we invite people, irrespective of how they normally vote, to consider very carefully how they cast their vote on 12 December,” Dunn and Charles said. |
| “This is not about left or right. It’s about trust and right versus wrong. | “This is not about left or right. It’s about trust and right versus wrong. |
| “People will need to form their own judgments of course but given our experience of Mr Raab’s behaviour, we strongly believe that he is not worthy of holding public office.” | “People will need to form their own judgments of course but given our experience of Mr Raab’s behaviour, we strongly believe that he is not worthy of holding public office.” |
| The Dunn family urged locals to consider what they claimed was “the disgraceful manner” in which Raab had behaved, adding they looked forward to meeting him. | The Dunn family urged locals to consider what they claimed was “the disgraceful manner” in which Raab had behaved, adding they looked forward to meeting him. |