UK says fatal crash suspect doesn't have diplomatic immunity
Source: Associated Press
Updated 4:15 am CDT, Sunday, October 13, 2019
LONDON (AP) British media are reporting that the wife of an American official who left the U.K. after being involved in a fatal road accident no longer has diplomatic immunity.
BBC and Sky News said Sunday that U.K. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab had told the family of Harry Dunn that "immunity is no longer pertinent" because the suspect has left the U.K.
The Foreign Office declined to comment.
Dunn, 19, was killed in August when his motorcycle collided with a car outside a British air force base in southern England used by the U.S. military. The alleged car driver, Anne Sacoolas, who is married to a U.S. official, subsequently left Britain.
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PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)Sneederbunk
(14,207 posts)Skittles
(152,964 posts)that woman needs to go back and do the right thing - plead guilty to what was a terrible accident and let justice prevail
she is adding to the emotional distress of the family and disgracing America
lapfog_1
(29,166 posts)There are 33 countries with which Britain does not have an extradition agreement: Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Bhutan, Cameroon, China, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Ethiopia, Georgia, Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Madagascar, Mongolia, Namibia, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia