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Harry Dunn crash: Anne Sacoolas' return to UK 'non-negotiable' | Harry Dunn crash: Anne Sacoolas' return to UK 'non-negotiable' |
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The parents of a motorcyclist killed in a crash say they will only meet the US diplomat's wife allegedly involved if she promises to return to Britain. | The parents of a motorcyclist killed in a crash say they will only meet the US diplomat's wife allegedly involved if she promises to return to Britain. |
Harry Dunn, 19, died in a crash near RAF Croughton, Northamptonshire. | Harry Dunn, 19, died in a crash near RAF Croughton, Northamptonshire. |
Anne Sacoolas left the UK under diplomatic immunity while police were investigating. She has offered to meet Mr Dunn's parents, who are in the US. | Anne Sacoolas left the UK under diplomatic immunity while police were investigating. She has offered to meet Mr Dunn's parents, who are in the US. |
A Dunn family spokesman said the parents' pre-condition for a meeting was a "hurdle" to it taking place. | |
Radd Seiger told the BBC the parents, Charlotte Charles and Tim Dunn, were unlikely to meet Mrs Sacoolas this week. | |
"Mrs Sacoolas has to commit to returning to the United Kingdom to submit herself to the English authorities, to Northamptonshire Police, and to co-operate with their inquiries," he said. | |
'Deepest sympathies' | |
The parents hope to gain media exposure in the US, to put pressure on President Trump "to send Mrs Sacoolas back", he said. | |
Her return was "a non-negotiable red line", he told Sky News. | |
A letter from lawyers for Mrs Sacoolas said she wanted to meet Mr Dunn's parents "so that she can express her deepest sympathies and apologies for this tragic accident". | A letter from lawyers for Mrs Sacoolas said she wanted to meet Mr Dunn's parents "so that she can express her deepest sympathies and apologies for this tragic accident". |
Mr Seiger said on Radio 4's Today programme it had been "a very, very dark time" for the family and that "every second that passes is another second of pain". | |
Mrs Sacoolas, 42, was said to be covered by diplomatic immunity as the spouse of a US intelligence official, though that protection is now in dispute. | |
On Saturday, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab wrote to Mr Dunn's family to explain that the British and US governments now considered Mrs Sacoolas's immunity irrelevant. | |
He said the matter was now "in the hands" of Northamptonshire Police and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). |