The Press and Journal (Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire)
Biker’s mother issues appeal to presidential hopeful over her son
The mother of Harry Dunn has urged presidential candidate Joe Biden to reconsider the US’s position on her son’s alleged killer should he win the election.
In a video message to Mr Bid en, Charlotte Charles said her “heart goes out” to him after the loss of his son in 2015 – but said her family needed justice in order to “help us on the path” to recovery.
Mrs Charles’s 19-yearold son was killed when his motorbike crashed into a car outside a US military base in Northamptonshire on August 27 last year.
The US asserted diplomatic immunity for suspect Anne Sacoolas following the crash and she was able to return to the US – despite later admitting she had been driving on the wrong side of the road for 20 seconds before the the teenager teenager ’ ’ ss death.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo rejected an extradition request for 43-year-old Sacoolas after the CPS charged her with causing Mr Dunn’s death by dangerous driving – describing the decision as “final”.
Mrs Charles appealed to Mr Biden to “do your best to amend” the situation – saying Sacoolas “walking free” was “tearing us apart”.
In her message Mrs Charles said: “Very, very sadly, a year on, Anne Sacoolas has still not been sent back here to face our justice system.
“I urge you, should you win on November 3 to please reconsider the position the US has taken against us – and when I say us, I don’t just mean myself and the rest of the parents, I mean us as the UK as well.”