Don’t let Assange be extradited, say Dunn parents

THE family of Harry Dunn have called for Julian Assange not to be extradited as long as the US refuses to send the suspect in the teenager’s death back to the UK.

They have accused the American government of “demonstrating an extraordinary amount of hypocrisy” in seeking the extradition of the WikiLeaks founder, despite rejecting a request for Anne Sacoolas to return to Britain.

Mr Dunn, 19, died when his motorbike collided with a car outside RAF Croughton in Northamptonshire on August 27. Ms Sacoolas, 42, the wife of an intelligence official based at the US military base, claimed diplomatic immunity and was able to return to her home country, sparking an international controversy.

The US refused an extradition request for Ms Sacoolas last month.

Mr Dunn’s family are calling on Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab to halt the extradition process for Assange, ahead of the beginning of the first full court hearing tomorrow.

The Mail on Sunday quoted Radd Seiger, the Dunn family spokesman, as saying: “Despite its disgraceful refusal to extradite Anne Sacoolas, the US continues to seek the extradition of people in the UK such as Julian Assange.

“In doing so, they are demonstrating an extraordinary amount of hypocrisy.

“As Dominic Raab told us when we met with him on January 27, ‘we are reviewing all options’. We want him now to exercise the option of not extraditing Julian Assange to the US.”

Assange, 48, is being held in Belmarsh Prison in south-east London and is wanted in the US to face 18 charges over the publication of US cables a decade ago. If found guilty he could face a 175year prison sentence.

Mr Dunn’s family have previously called for the Duke of York to co-operate with US law enforcement amid allegations around the royal’s friendship with billionaire paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.