US diplomat's wife who killed British teen Harry Dunn in horrific 'wrong-side' crash charged despite claiming diplomatic immunity
The US spy's wife who killed British teenager Harry Dunn in a horrific crash has now been charged.
Anne Sacoolas was driving on the wrong side of the road when she allegedly collided with Harry's motorbike near RAF Croughton, Northamptonshire, in August this year. Being married to a US intelligence official, 42-year-old Sacoolas was granted diplomatic immunity following the crash and flown back to the US.
However, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab told Harry's parents Charlotte Charles and Tim Dunn in a letter that Sacoolas is no longer immune from prosecution, The Sun reports.
Sacoolas has now been charged by the CPS for causing Harry's death by dangerous driving, family spokesman Radd Seiger confirmed. Following the decision, Harry's mum and dad were both seen sobbing as they hugged each other.
Northamptonshire police interviewed Sacoolas in the US and handed a file of evidence to the CPS last month. Dunn's parents met with Raad on December 17 and were told the government is doing "everything it can" to bring Sacoolas to justice.
"I appeal to Anne Sacoolas herself to do the right thing," the MP said. "If there is a charging decision from the Crown Prosecution Service, I urge her to come back to the United Kingdom and cooperate with the criminal justice process."
Charlotte previously recalled the last time she saw her son alive when she was on her way from work and he rode past her on the motorbike. "I put my hand up and I smiled to myself and thought: 'I'll see you in a couple of hours'," she said. "The next time I saw him was a few hours later. But he was lying dead in the hospital."
She revealed that while the devastating crash "broke" her beloved son's body, his $912 helmet left his "beautiful" face unscathed. This week, Northamptonshire Chief Constable Nick Adderley revealed he had sent a written apology to Dunn's parents after an apparent communication "breakdown".
This was after he came under fire for using the words "sad but predictable" in an October tweet in response to the news that Harry's parents were seeking legal recourse in the US.