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Related: About this forumDiplomatic 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 officials 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 Dunns 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 Dunns 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 secretarys 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 officials 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 Dunns 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 Dunns 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 secretarys letter says.
-snip-
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/oct/13/harry-dunn-anne-sacoolas-driver-who-fled-uk-devastated-by-fatal-crash
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Diplomatic immunity no longer applies to Anne Sacoolas, says Foreign Office (Original Post)
Eugene
Oct 2019
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2naSalit
(86,646 posts)1. Good...nt
Baitball Blogger
(46,733 posts)2. +1
sinkingfeeling
(51,457 posts)3. Hope the Dunn family is successful in suing her here in the US.
RainCaster
(10,883 posts)4. This was so wrong, she should never have had immunity
Letting diplomatic immunity extend to employees at this spying outpost was done several years ago.