A US citizen has admitted being responsible for the death of teenage motorcyclist Harry Dunn in a case that caused a diplomatic row between the US and British governments.
Anne Sacoolas, 45, pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey, via videolink, to causing the 19-year-old’s death by careless driving.
Mr Dunn died following a collision outside a US military base in Northamptonshire in August 2019.
Judge Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb said Sacoolas would be sentenced at the end of November.
“I direct that Mrs Sacoolas attends court in person to be sentenced,” the judge added.
She was charged with causing death by dangerous driving but the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) accepted her guilty plea to the lesser charge.
Death by careless driving carries a maximum sentence of five years imprisonment but a community punishment or suspended jail sentence is often given.
Sacoolas had turned out of RAF Croughton and then driven 350 metres (1148ft) on the wrong side of the road for over 20 seconds.
She hit Mr Dunn who was driving on his motorbike on the correct side of the road.
Sacoolas had diplomatic immunity asserted on her behalf by the US administration following the collision near RAF Croughton. She left the UK 19 days later.
Source: bbc.co.uk
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