Boris Johnson: The US is "absolutely ruthless" for protecting American diplomat's wife
11 October 2019, 17:20
The Prime Minister has criticised the US for giving diplomatic immunity to Anna Sacoolas, the wife of the US diplomat involved in a crash which killed teenager Harry Dunn.
Boris Johnson called the US "absolutely ruthless" in its safeguarding of Mrs Sacoolas, the wife of a US diplomat, who is facing investigation over her alleged involvement in a car crash which killed British teenager Harry Dunn.
Harry Dunn died when his motorbike crashed into a car outside an RAF base used by US intelligence agencies on August 27.
The 19-year-old's family said they would be flying out to the US to "spread our campaign" and try and convince Donald Trump to reverse his decision on diplomatic immunity.
The suspect, 42-year-old Anne Sacoolas - who is reportedly married to a US intelligence official, was granted diplomatic immunity following the crash.
The Prime Minister said: "In my experience, America is very, very reluctant to allow its nationals to be tried overseas, and is absolutely ruthless in enforcing the code of diplomatic immunity.
"I must say, I don't think it was appropriate for that provision to be used in this case.
He continued: "I made that point to the president, and he is sympathetic.
"I think we've just got to keep working on that and see what we can do to get justice for Harry Dunn and his family."
The family's lawyer and spokesman, Radd Seiger, said Harry's parents were engaging lawyers to build a case against Mrs Sacoolas in America.
In a post on the Justice 4 Harry GoFundMe page, the teenager's family said: "We are overwhelmed by the generosity and the support from all of you, and want to say thank you again personally from the bottom of our hearts.
"We couldn't do this without you and value each and everyone of you! The individual comments and personal stories that have been coming into us have touched our hearts and we know that we are not alone.
"We wanted to share with you that on Sunday we will be flying to the US to continue our fight for justice4harry.
"We will be meeting with various news channels to spread our campaign with all of America and ultimately hope that the American government see that it is right to send Anne Sacoolas back to the UK to face our justice system."
