Harry Dunn row erupts as UK lashes out at Trump – ‘Denial of justice’

Mr Raab has said he is very disappointed at the decision to reject the extradition request of Ms Sacoolas.  Ms Sacoolas, who is the wife of a US intelligence official, claimed diplomatic immunity following the crash and was able to return home. Mr Raab tweeted: “I have just called the US Ambassador to express the Government’s disappointment about the US extradition decision on Harry Dunn’s case.

“We feel this amounts to a denial of justice, and that Anne Sacoolas should return to the UK.

“We are now urgently considering our options.”

Ms Sacoolas, 42, was driving on the wrong side of the road at the time of the crash which killed the 19-year-old, to return to the UK.

Mr Dunn was killed after his motorbike crashed into a car outside RAF Croughton in Northamptonshire on August 27 last year.

Andrea Leadsom, who is the constituency MP for the Dunn family, has said: “Diplomatic immunity should not be at play here, the person who has been charged by the CPS must be brought back the UK to stand trial. We stand shoulder to shoulder with Harry’s family to get justice done.”

The family spokesman for the Dunn family, Radd Seiger, has said: “This administration is behaving lawlessly and taking a wrecking ball to one of the greatest alliances in the world.

“This is a lawless, corrupt administration that appears intent on attacking even its closest international ally.”

When he was speaking on the BBC, Mr Seiger said: “History was made last night.

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“Is the US position now that it is okay for their service personnel to come over to the UK and kill British citizens and get on the next plane home? There is not a single person round here who is going to stand for that.”

A state department spokesman has said granting such an extradition “would render the invocation of diplomatic immunity a practical nullity and would set an extraordinarily troubling precedent”.

They said: ”The United States has a history of close law enforcement cooperation with the United Kingdom, and we value that relationship.

“The United States government again expresses its sincere condolences and sympathy to the Dunn family for the loss of their son.”

A spokeswoman for the US authorities said earlier this month: ”It is the position of the United States government that a request to extradite an individual under these circumstances would be an abuse.

“The use of an extradition treaty to attempt to return the spouse of a former diplomat by force would establish an extraordinarily troubling precedent.”

Speaking of the tragic incident, Donald Trump said: “It happens in Europe, as the roads are opposite.

“It’s tough if you’re from the United States.

“You do make that right turn when you are supposed to make a left turn; the roads are opposite. She says that is what happened.

“That happens to a lot of people, by the way.”

source: express.co.uk