Police sent to US to grill Sacoolas

NORT H A M P TONSH I R E Police has sent officers to the US to interview the woman who claimed diplomatic i m mun it y fol low i ng her involvement in the death of Harry Dunn.

The 19-year-old motorcyclist died when his motorbike crashed into a car driven by US woman Anne Sacoolas outside RAF Croughton in Northamptonshire on August 27.

“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,” family spokesman Radd Seiger said on Twitter.

“Those two statements appear to be contradictory on the face of it further compounding the family’s misery.”

Harry’s parents, Charlotte Charles and Tim Dunn, will today meet with shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry, who is expected to call for a parliamentary inquiry i nto the teenager’s death.

On Monday, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab told the Commons he had commissioned a review into immunity arrangements for US personnel and their families at the

RAF Croughton annex in light of the case.

Mr Raab said there are “no barriers to justice being done” for Harry.

He also said the UK Government believes diplomatic immunity “clearly ended” for Mrs Sacoolas, 42, when she left the country for America 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 is “not aware of any obstacle” under the UK/US Extradition Treaty.

Harry’s parents have cancelled a meeting with Chief Constable Nick Adderley of Northamptonshire Police after it became clear his intention was not to answer “a series of key questions” the family had scripted, Mr Seiger said.

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