{"id":23777,"date":"2022-10-20T09:50:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T13:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=23777"},"modified":"2022-10-20T10:12:42","modified_gmt":"2022-10-20T14:12:42","slug":"harry-dunn-anne-sacoolas-admits-causing-crash-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2022\/10\/20\/harry-dunn-anne-sacoolas-admits-causing-crash-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Harry Dunn: Anne Sacoolas admits causing crash death"},"content":{"rendered":"
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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.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Anne Sacoolas, 45, pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey, via videolink, to causing the 19-year-old’s death by careless driving.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Dunn died following a collision outside a US military base in Northamptonshire in August 2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Judge Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb said Sacoolas would be sentenced at the end of November.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“I direct that Mrs Sacoolas attends court in person to be sentenced,” the judge added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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She was charged with causing death by dangerous driving but the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) accepted her guilty plea to the lesser charge.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Death by careless driving carries a maximum sentence of five years imprisonment but a community punishment or suspended jail sentence is often given.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Sacoolas had turned out of RAF Croughton and then driven 350 metres (1148ft) on the wrong side of the road for over 20 seconds.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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She hit Mr Dunn who was driving on his motorbike on the correct side of the road.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

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

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