U.S. Diplomat's Wife Kills Teenager, Flees Britain
Shelby Talcott
Politics, Europe
The victim's family called for her to face justice.
An American U.S. diplomat’s wife fled England after she killed a British teenager while driving on the wrong side of the wrote, authorities said Saturday.
The wreck occurred on Aug. 27 when Anne Sacoolas, 42, allegedly hit 19-year-old Harry Dunn’s motorcycle near the Royal Air Force Croughton, The Washington Post reported. The U.S. Air Force operates this station.
Sacoolas claimed diplomatic immunity after the accident and she was allowed to avoid prosecution and leave England. Dunn’s family members and British authorities pleaded that she return to the country to stand trial.
“President [Donald] Trump, please listen,” Charlotte Charles, Dunn’s mother, said during an interview with Sky News. “We’re a family in ruin. We’re broken. We can’t grieve. Please, please, let her get back on a plane, come back to the U.K. … We could understand how she’s feeling, but more importantly, she needs to face justice, see what she’s done.”
This is heartbreaking and nobody can be above the law. If you are here in the U.K. then you must abide by our rules. This family deserve answers and respect shown to their son. #Justice4harry https://t.co/FyhzQMcdBR
— Angela Rayner ???? (@AngelaRayner) October 5, 2019
Family members of diplomats are covered under the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. This means that they can avoid arrest for almost any crime in another country, although the home country is allowed to waive immunity, WaPo reported.
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