US cover-up over spy ‘who killed teen in crash’
THE American Embassy did not mention Harry Dunn’s alleged killer was a spy in notes to the Foreign Office, documents show.
A message sent three days after the crash in which 19-yearold Harry died only said Anne Sacoolas was the wife of a member of the embassy’s staff.
But last week a US court was told she and husband Jonathan worked for the US State Department and “fled” the UK due to “issues of security”.
Motorcyclist Harry, 19, was killed in a crash with a car near US military base RAF Croughton in Northamptonshire on August 27, 2019. Police told Mrs Sacoolas, 43, she was a suspect the following day.
The Foreign Office and No 10 have said the Foreign Secretary and Prime Minister were unaware of the case until after she left Britain.
The UK High Court previously ruled Mrs Sacoolas was protected due to a loophole that granted family of embassy staff immunity even though employees were not.
Dunn family spokesman Radd Seiger said: “We are still catching our breath after this astonishing revelation, having believed all this time she was a dependant.”
He said the notes raised “serious questions”, including: “Why were the US authorities less than candid with the FCO about Mrs Sacoolas’s real role?”
Mrs Sacoolas’s lawyer told a US court last week he could not “completely candidly” explain why the family left the UK.
The US State Department reiterated that Mrs Sacoolas had immunity “as the spouse of an accredited staff member”.