Harry Dunn crash: Police to fly to US to interview suspect

British detectives are to fly to the United States to interview the suspect in a crash which killed Harry Dunn.

The 19-year-old died in a crash outside RAF Croughton with a car owned by US citizen Anne Sacoolas, who later left the UK claiming diplomatic immunity.

Northamptonshire Police is set to confirm later officers will travel to speak to her as part of its inquiry.

The Dunn family described the news as “perplexing” and said their “anger is definitely building”.

Family spokesman Radd Seiger said a police family liaison officer had told Mr Dunn’s family on Sunday that the police file had been handed over to the Crown Prosecution Service.

“We thought that was good and were waiting for a decision on whether they were going to charge her and then bring extradition proceedings,” he told the BBC.

“So to hear from the same liaison officer that Northants Police are now travelling to the United States to interview Mrs Sacoolas is, to put it mildly, confusing and perplexing.”

Mr Dunn’s mother Charlotte Charles told BBC Breakfast: “It just seems to be one cover-up and one lie after another.

“We don’t seem to be getting the truth from anybody.”

Mr Seiger said the family were waiting for a planned police press conference to get an accurate picture of what was going on.

“Every passing development is just compounding the family’s misery,” he added.

Mr Dunn died from his injuries when his motorbike and a car collided outside the RAF station in Northamptonshire on 27 August.

Mrs Sacoolas’ husband was reportedly stationed at the base as an intelligence officer.

At the time of the crash she had diplomatic immunity, but both the British and US governments agree that by returning to the US she had forfeited that right.

Mrs Charles said the family believe the US and UK governments, and Northamptonshire Police are all “at fault” for Mrs Sacoolas leaving the country.

The force has not answered a number of questions the family has put to them about the investigation, she added.

Harry Dunn’s father Tim Dunn said: “We want the government to be truthful, we want the police to be truthful – there’s justice in the truth about everything now.”

Source: (BBC News)