‘Disgusted’ family hit out at CPS over teen’s crash probe

THE family of teenage motorcyclist Harry Dunn have said they are disgusted and “not sleeping well” after the Crown Prosecution Service “refused” to meet with them.

The CPS was handed the completed file of evidence in the 19-year-old’s case on November 1.

The family are understood to have requested two meetings with Chief Crown Prosecutor Janine Smith – and have been told a meeting will “not be possible”.

The chief prosecutor has said she will meet with the family once a charging decision has been made.

Harry’s stepfather Bruce Charles said the “delay” in a charging decision is “eating away inside us”.

He said the family wants a “100 per cent cast-iron promise” of no external interference in the case in a face-to-face meeting with a CPS representative.

The family’s spokesman has said they will now seek an “urgent” meeting with the Director of Public Prosecutions.

Harry was killed when his motorbike was involved in a head-on collision with a car outside RAF Croughton, in Northamptonshire, on August 27.

The suspect in the case, 42-year-old Anne Sacoolas, claimed diplomatic immunity after the crash and was able to return to the US.

Speaking of the family’s frustration, Mr Charles said: “Our family have enormous respect for the CPS and the valuable work they do on the public’s behalf.

“We know prosecutors work incredibly hard each and every day, and we have no wish to undermine the reputation of the institution. However, as the whole nation now knows, we have felt totally unsupported by the authorities since Harry died and the delay in charging in this most simple of cases is just eating away inside us.”