{"id":18146,"date":"2021-02-03T19:03:26","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T00:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=18146"},"modified":"2021-02-03T19:03:26","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04T00:03:26","slug":"harry-dunn-suspect-anne-sacoolas-worked-for-us-intelligence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2021\/02\/03\/harry-dunn-suspect-anne-sacoolas-worked-for-us-intelligence\/","title":{"rendered":"Harry Dunn: Suspect Anne Sacoolas ‘worked for US intelligence’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The woman accused of killing Harry Dunn was working for a US intelligence agency at the time of the crash, a court has heard.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Dunn, 19, died when his motorbike was in a crash with a car near RAF Croughton in Northamptonshire in 2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Suspect Anne Sacoolas returned to the US, claiming diplomatic immunity, and an extradition request was blocked.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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A court in Virginia has heard her work was “especially a factor” in her leaving the UK.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Her barrister told the court she fled the UK for “security issues” and feared she would “not get a fair trial” if she returned.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The comments about her role were made at a court in the state, where an application to dismiss a civil claim for damages submitted by Mr Dunn’s family is being heard.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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When asked by the judge why Mrs Sacoolas had “fled” the UK, her barrister John McGavin said he could not respond “completely candidly”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“I know the answer but I cannot disclose it,” he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Anne Sacoolas, pictured on her wedding day in 2003, cited diplomatic immunity after the crash and returned to the US (Image: Aiken Standard Archive)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Speaking after the hearing, family spokesman Radd Seiger called on the UK government to “urgently reinvestigate” whether Mrs Sacoolas had diplomatic immunity, given “the admission in open court by Mrs Sacoolas’s counsel that she was employed by US intelligence services at the time of the crash”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Under the agreements at RAF Croughton dating back to 1995, anyone working at the base from the US as part of the “administrative and technical staff” would have their immunity pre-waived, meaning they would not be immune from criminal jurisdiction.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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