Fatalcrashaccused ‘was a spy for CIA’

Dunn family demand a public inquiry

TRAGEDY: The mother of motorcyclist Harry Dunn has criticised the Government following reports his alleged killer had been a spy with the CIA. Charlotte Charles said the family were “full of anger” after hearing of Anne Sacoolas’s alleged past.

THE MOTHER of teenage motorcyclist Harry Dunn has criticised the Government following reports her son’s alleged killer had served as a spy with the CIA.

Charlotte Charles told the PA news agency she and the rest of Harry’s family were “full of anger” after hearing of Anne Sacoolas’s alleged past and asked of the British government: “How could they do this to us?”

Mrs Charles said the fresh reports in a British newspaper took her back to the early days following her son’s death when she claims the Government “were trying to kick this all under the carpet”.

The Dunn family spokesman, Radd Seiger, has called for a public inquiry into the matter, saying Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab did not mention the suspect’s reported past as a CIA officer herself.

It is understood the family have since written to the Foreign Office asking for an explanation as to what it knew about Sacoolas’s history with the CIA.

Mr Dunn was killed when his motorbike crashed into a car outside a US military base, in Northamptonshire, on August 27 last year.

Ms Sacoolas, 42, the wife of an

intelligence official based at RAF Croughton, claimed diplomatic immunity following the crash and was able to return to her home country, sparking an international controversy.

She was charged with causing Mr Dunn’s death by dangerous driving in December, but US secretary of state Mike Pompeo rejected an extradition request last month after the US State Department said the request would render the invocation of diplomatic immunity a practical nullity and would set an extraordinarily troubling precedent.

Responding to the latest reports, Mrs Charles said: “How could they do this to us?

“We have thrown ourselves into building relationships with the Government despite the terrible way they were treating us.

“We believe in giving people a second chance. But I am livid today and my family are full of anger.”

Mrs Charles added: “How could they keep this from us? This doesn’t affect the fact that Anne Sacoolas is coming back, which she is.

“But to hear this from them shows that they have not been candid with us at all and takes us back to those terrible days when they were trying to kick this all under the carpet.

“We are determined to make sure that this never happens to another family again.

“I do not know what the Government think they are doing or why they are treating us the way they are.

“It is an absolute scandal and I know Radd is calling for a full public inquiry and an action plan from the Government.

A spokeswoman for the Foreign Office said: “Anne Sacoolas was notified to us as a spouse with no official role.”