U.S. diplomat's wife will not return to UK for sentencing over fatal car crash

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

U.S. diplomat's wife will not return to UK for sentencing over fatal car crash

Sam Tobin
Tue, December 6, 2022 at 8:48 AM·2 min read

LONDON (Reuters) - Anne Sacoolas, the wife of a U.S. diplomat, will not return to Britain for sentencing this week after admitting causing the death of a teenager by driving carelessly in England three years ago, a British court has said.

Harry Dunn, 19, died in August 2019 after his motorcycle was hit by a car driven on the wrong side of the road by Sacoolas near RAF Croughton, an air force base in the English county of Northamptonshire that is used by the U.S. military.

Sacoolas, whose husband worked as a U.S. intelligence officer at the base, left Britain shortly after the accident, claiming diplomatic immunity from criminal prosecution and the United States refused to extradite her.

In October, appearing at London's Old Bailey court by videolink from the United States, Sacoolas denied causing death by dangerous driving but admitted the less serious charge. The judge had previously directed that she attend the sentencing, due to take place on Thursday, in person.

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[Skittles]

1. disgraceful

it was an accident, she should have accepted responsibility - instead, she disgraced herself, her country, and caused much more harm to the loved ones of her victim....shame on her

[DetlefK]

2. I smell an international arrest-warrant... She can never leave the US again.