{"id":16438,"date":"2020-01-23T19:29:55","date_gmt":"2020-01-24T00:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=16438"},"modified":"2020-01-23T19:41:35","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T00:41:35","slug":"harry-dunn-us-rejects-uk-extradition-request","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2020\/01\/23\/harry-dunn-us-rejects-uk-extradition-request\/","title":{"rendered":"Harry Dunn: US rejects UK extradition request"},"content":{"rendered":"

The US has turned down an extradition request for one of its citizens to be charged over the death of motorcyclist Harry Dunn.<\/p>\n

Mr Dunn, 19, died after a crash in Northamptonshire in August which led to the suspect, Anne Sacoolas, leaving for the US under diplomatic immunity.<\/p>\n

The Home Office started extradition proceedings on charges of causing the death by dangerous driving.<\/p>\n

A spokeswoman said the decision by the US “appears to be a denial of justice”.<\/p>\n

The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo turned down the extradition request in an email to the UK Government, family spokesman Radd Seiger said.<\/p>\n

He said the family would react fully to the news on Friday morning, adding “the fight goes on” for justice for their son.<\/p>\n

‘Highly inappropriate’<\/h2>\n

The family’s constituency MP Andrea Leadsom is due to meet the US ambassador Woody Johnson in London on Friday to discuss the case.<\/p>\n

When the Home Office started extradition proceedings the US State Department said the request would be “highly inappropriate”.<\/p>\n

It insisted Ms Sacoolas’ status at the time of the crash meant she had diplomatic immunity.<\/p>\n

Prime minister Boris Johnson previously said the chance of the suspect ever returning to the UK was very low.<\/p>\n

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Anne Sacoolas pictured on her wedding day in 2003 (Image: Aiken Standard Archive)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Mr Seiger said “no reason” was given by Mr Pompeo in rejecting the extradition request.<\/p>\n

He also said that the family had expected the decision, adding: “We knew this day was coming. It is no surprise.”<\/p>\n

However, he said the family would continue its campaign, and that the extradition request “hangs there forever”.<\/p>\n

“I can assure you that Anne Sicoolas will be coming back one day,” he said.<\/p>\n

“This is far from over.”<\/p>\n

A spokeswoman for the Home Office said: “We are disappointed in this decision which appears to be a denial of justice.<\/p>\n

“We are urgently considering our options.”<\/p>\n

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Mr Dunn’s family said they would react fully to the news on Friday morning<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Mr Dunn died after his motorbike was in collision with a car owned by Mrs Sacoolas.<\/p>\n

The crash happened outside RAF Croughton where Mrs Sacoolas’ husband Jonathan worked as an intelligence officer.<\/p>\n

The 42-year-old left the UK and returned to her native US, claiming diplomatic immunity.<\/p>\n

In a statement released on behalf of the suspect after she was charged in December, Mrs Sacoolas’s lawyers said: “Anne will not return voluntarily to the United Kingdom to face a potential jail sentence for what was a terrible but unintentional accident.”<\/p>\n

Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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