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Diplomatic immunity no longer applies to Anne Sacoolas, says Foreign Office
Source: The Guardian
Diplomatic immunity no longer applies to Anne Sacoolas, says Foreign Office
Status is ‘no longer pertinent’, says foreign secretary in letter sent to parents of Harry Dunn
Amy Walker
Sun 13 Oct 2019 10.34 BST
First published on Sun 13 Oct 2019 04.29 BST
Diplomatic immunity no longer applies to the American intelligence official’s wife involved in the road crash that killed 19-year-old Harry Dunn, the Foreign Office has said.
Anne Sacoolas, 42, left the UK shortly after the collision between Dunn’s motorbike and a car outside RAF Croughton in Northamptonshire on 27 August.
She is believed to have been driving the car but while she met with Northamptonshire police no investigation followed after the force was advised by the UK government that she had the protective status granted to foreign diplomats.
But after days of controversy surrounding the case, a letter from Dominic Raab to Dunn’s family seen by the BBC has suggested that her return to the US has rendered that status irrelevant.
“The US have now informed us that they too consider that immunity is no longer pertinent,” the foreign secretary’s letter says.
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Status is ‘no longer pertinent’, says foreign secretary in letter sent to parents of Harry Dunn
Amy Walker
Sun 13 Oct 2019 10.34 BST
First published on Sun 13 Oct 2019 04.29 BST
Diplomatic immunity no longer applies to the American intelligence official’s wife involved in the road crash that killed 19-year-old Harry Dunn, the Foreign Office has said.
Anne Sacoolas, 42, left the UK shortly after the collision between Dunn’s motorbike and a car outside RAF Croughton in Northamptonshire on 27 August.
She is believed to have been driving the car but while she met with Northamptonshire police no investigation followed after the force was advised by the UK government that she had the protective status granted to foreign diplomats.
But after days of controversy surrounding the case, a letter from Dominic Raab to Dunn’s family seen by the BBC has suggested that her return to the US has rendered that status irrelevant.
“The US have now informed us that they too consider that immunity is no longer pertinent,” the foreign secretary’s letter says.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/oct/13/harry-dunn-anne-sacoolas-driver-who-fled-uk-devastated-by-fatal-crash