We continue to press for justice for Harry, says Truss

LIZ TRUSS pledged to continue the fight to bring the alleged killer of Harry Dunn to justice in the UK after his parents reached a “resolution” in a civil claim for damages from the US diplomat responsible for his death.

The Foreign Secretary said the agreement was “absolutely not” the end of the fight to get his alleged killer Anne Sacoolas to return to the UK to face trial.

Asked in Washington during a visit to the US with Boris Johnson if the civil case’s resolution was the end of the case, she replied: “Absolutely not. We continue to press for justice for Harry.”

The details of the resolution are confidential but the Dunn family’s spokesman Radd Seiger said it meant Harry’s parents Charlotte Charles and Tim Dunn could put that part of their campaign behind them and now focus on the criminal case. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has pledged to continue to pursue Ms Sacoolas to bring her to trial despite a High Court ruling that the former spy has diplomatic immunity.

It is understood lawyers are pursuing options including prosecuting her in absentia or a “virtual trial” where she remains in the US but is tried under UK law via video link for causing the death of Mr Dunn, 19, by her allegedly dangerous driving in August last year.

Ms Sacoolas, 44, was able to leave the UK following the fatal road crash outside RAF Croughton in Northamptonshire on August 27 2019, after diplomatic immunity was asserted on her behalf by the US government.

Mr Seiger said: “The family feel they can now turn their attention to the criminal case and the long-awaited inquest into Harry’s death which will follow the criminal case.

“Harry’s family will never be able to move on from his loss, but they are more determined than ever to continue to move forward.”