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Harry Dunn's family are asking the government to turn over all documents it has about the decision to grant diplomatic immunity to the suspect in the teenager's death. | Harry Dunn's family are asking the government to turn over all documents it has about the decision to grant diplomatic immunity to the suspect in the teenager's death. |
Anne Sacoolas, 42, left the UK just days after a road crash which killed the 19-year-old motorcyclist. | Anne Sacoolas, 42, left the UK just days after a road crash which killed the 19-year-old motorcyclist. |
A Dunn family spokesman said if the advice was not disclosed they would launch a judicial review. | A Dunn family spokesman said if the advice was not disclosed they would launch a judicial review. |
Mr Dunn, 19, died near RAF Croughton in Northamptonshire on 27 August. | Mr Dunn, 19, died near RAF Croughton in Northamptonshire on 27 August. |
Family spokesman Radd Seiger said their lawyers, Mark Stephens and Geoffrey Robertson QC, were ready to launch a full investigation into the role the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) played in the decision to grant immunity to Mrs Sacoolas. | Family spokesman Radd Seiger said their lawyers, Mark Stephens and Geoffrey Robertson QC, were ready to launch a full investigation into the role the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) played in the decision to grant immunity to Mrs Sacoolas. |
Mr Seiger said: "What Mark [Stephens] and I are going to do, is we are going to write to the FCO very shortly, explaining that we don't want to do a judicial review, but to avoid that, please let us have the following documents - all e-mails, messages and notes in relation to your advice to Northamptonshire Police that this lady had it [diplomatic immunity]. | Mr Seiger said: "What Mark [Stephens] and I are going to do, is we are going to write to the FCO very shortly, explaining that we don't want to do a judicial review, but to avoid that, please let us have the following documents - all e-mails, messages and notes in relation to your advice to Northamptonshire Police that this lady had it [diplomatic immunity]. |
"What we don't know is whether somebody cocked up or whether they were put under pressure by the Americans to concede. | "What we don't know is whether somebody cocked up or whether they were put under pressure by the Americans to concede. |
"But we want to conduct an investigation into the FCO's decision to advise Northamptonshire Police that this lady had the benefit of diplomatic immunity. | "But we want to conduct an investigation into the FCO's decision to advise Northamptonshire Police that this lady had the benefit of diplomatic immunity. |
"If we're not satisfied, then we'll go to a judicial review and ask a High Court judge to review it all." | "If we're not satisfied, then we'll go to a judicial review and ask a High Court judge to review it all." |
On Monday, Harry's parents Charlotte Charles and Tim Dunn gave interviews on US TV after flying to New York in a bid to publicise their case. | On Monday, Harry's parents Charlotte Charles and Tim Dunn gave interviews on US TV after flying to New York in a bid to publicise their case. |
They hope media exposure will put pressure on the US government to force Mrs Sacoolas to return to the UK. | They hope media exposure will put pressure on the US government to force Mrs Sacoolas to return to the UK. |
Over the weekend Mrs Sacoolas - who is reportedly married to a US intelligence official who was stationed at RAF Croughton - broke her silence over Mr Dunn's death in a letter via her lawyers. | Over the weekend Mrs Sacoolas - who is reportedly married to a US intelligence official who was stationed at RAF Croughton - broke her silence over Mr Dunn's death in a letter via her lawyers. |
In it she said she wanted to meet his parents "so that she can express her deepest sympathies and apologies for this tragic accident". | In it she said she wanted to meet his parents "so that she can express her deepest sympathies and apologies for this tragic accident". |
Mrs Sacoolas was said to be covered by diplomatic immunity as the spouse of a US intelligence official, though that protection is now in dispute. | Mrs Sacoolas 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. | 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. | He said the matter was now "in the hands" of Northamptonshire Police and the Crown Prosecution Service. |
The letter was sent three days after a meeting between the Dunn family and Mr Raab, who was described as "twitchy" by Mr Seiger. | |
"He [Mr Raab] was stiff, he was cold, he was unpleasant, he was rude. Then three days later we get another letter. That isn't right. | |
"The evolution doesn't happen in three days", he added. |