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| Harry Dunn's parents meet President Trump at White House | Harry Dunn's parents meet President Trump at White House |
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| Donald Trump has said the chief suspect in the death of crash victim Harry Dunn will not return to the UK, the teenager's parents have said. | |
| Anne Sacoolas, 42, returned to the United States days after the crash which killed the 19-year-old. | |
| Charlotte Charles and Tim Dunn said the president was sympathetic when he met them at the White House but did not agree to Mrs Sacoolas' UK return. | |
| She was also at the White House, but Harry's parents declined to meet her. | She was also at the White House, but Harry's parents declined to meet her. |
| Harry died near RAF Croughton in Northamptonshire on 27 August when his motorcycle was in a crash with a Volvo. | |
| Mrs Sacoolas - who is reportedly married to a US intelligence official who was stationed at RAF Croughton - was interviewed by police but then returned to the United States after claiming diplomatic immunity. | |
| Ms Charles said after the White House meeting: "When [President Trump] held my hand, I gripped it a lot tighter and I was honest with him and just said... 'if it was your son you would be doing the same as us'. | |
| "He actually gripped my hand a little bit tighter and said 'yes I would be'. And that's when he said he would try and look at this from a different angle. | |
| "I can only hope that he was sincere enough to consider doing that for us. | |
| "He's the one in control here, but we're the ones in control of our situation as much as he can be - we still want justice for Harry and we will take it as far as we possibly can to ensure that that's done. | |
| "We do feel that we have done as much as we can at the moment." | |
| Tim Dunn said of turning down the chance to meet Mrs Sacoolas at the White House: "We weren't ready to meet her - it would have been too rushed. | |
| "It's not what we wanted - we wanted a meeting with her in the UK." | |
| But he added that the trip to the White House "didn't feel like a stunt". | |
| "I think the president was very graceful and spoke very well to us. | |
| "He listened to Charlotte very well, she spoke excellently to him and he was very understanding. | |
| "I genuinely do think he will look to resolve this in a way that will help us." | |
| Over the weekend, Mrs Sacoolas 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. |