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Harry Dunn: Family arrive for meeting at White House | |
(about 7 hours later) | |
Crash victim Harry Dunn's parents have arrived at the White House for a meeting about the diplomatic immunity row over the main suspect in his death. | |
Anne Sacoolas, 42, left the UK just days after the crash which killed the 19-year-old motorcyclist. | Anne Sacoolas, 42, left the UK just days after the crash which killed the 19-year-old motorcyclist. |
She has offered to meet Mr Dunn's parents, but they say she must promise to return to Britain first. | She has offered to meet Mr Dunn's parents, but they say she must promise to return to Britain first. |
It is not clear if parents Charlotte Charles and Tim Dunn will meet President Trump during their visit. | |
Mr Dunn, 19, died near RAF Croughton in Northamptonshire on 27 August. | Mr Dunn, 19, died near RAF Croughton in Northamptonshire on 27 August. |
Prior to the White House meeting, family spokesman Radd Seiger tweeted: "The White House have just invited #HarryDunn's parents and I to a meeting this afternoon. Looking forward to getting further answers as we search for #JusticeforHarry." | |
Earlier, Mr Seiger said the family's 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. | Earlier, Mr Seiger said the family's 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. |
On Monday, Harry's parents 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. |
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