Anne Sacoolas to face UK court charged with Harry Dunn's death by dangerous driving

Anne Sacoolas will face Westminster Magistrates' Court charged with causing 19-year-old Harry Dunn's death by dangerous driving.

The 44-year-old US citizen is expected to appear by video link on January 18.

Mrs Sacoolas is charged with killing the teenager in a crash outside US military base RAF Croughton in Northamptonshire in August 2019.

She had diplomatic immunity asserted on her behalf by the US government following the collision, and was able to leave the UK 19 days after the incident.

But the Crown Prosecution Service reached the decision to charge Anne Sacoolas with causing Mr Dunn's death by dangerous driving in December 2019.

Mr Dunn's mother, Charlotte Charles, said her family were feeling "very emotional" after hearing the news.

Anne Sacoolas to face UK court charged with Harry Dunn's death by dangerous driving - LBC

Being sacrificed so they can have credibility in the Assange case. Otherwise they'd have none. Though this case was pretty outrageous prior to this announcement.

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Being sacrificed so they can have credibility in the Assange case. Otherwise they'd have none. Though this case was pretty outrageous prior to this announcement.

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Well by that logic they will be criticised for not offering Assange a trial by video link. So perhaps it's got fuck all to do wtih it.

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Being sacrificed so they can have credibility in the Assange case. Otherwise they'd have none. Though this case was pretty outrageous prior to this announcement.

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Who is being "sacrificed"?

Fucking Americans pretty much conspired to get her out of the country.

Fucking Americans REFUSED to extradite her to UK to stand trial (despite many requests).

Meanwhile the UK happily forks over anyone the yanks even look at (except, maybe, Andrew).

Utter disgrace all round.

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Who is being "sacrificed"?

Fucking Americans pretty much conspired to get her out of the country.

Fucking Americans REFUSED to extradite her to UK to stand trial (despite many requests).

Meanwhile the UK happily forks over anyone the yanks even look at (except, maybe, Andrew).

Utter disgrace all round.

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Save the favour for someone who deserves it.

US citizen Anne Sacoolas pleads guilty to causing Harry Dunn’s death

Anne Sacoolas, the American woman accused of killing 19-year-old British motorcyclist Harry Dunn in a traffic accident near a US military base, pleaded guilty to causing his death on Thursday, CNN heard via an audio link of the court proceedings.


Sacoolas had diplomatic immunity claimed on her behalf and was able to leave the UK weeks after the fatal August 2019 traffic collision outside RAF Croughton, a US military base in England where her husband worked as a US diplomat.


Britain’s attempt to extradite Sacoolas to face charges of causing death by dangerous driving was declined by US authorities, and the incident has sparked some tension between the two countries.


Sacoolas, who is in the United States, made a virtual appearance via video link at the Old Bailey court in London on Thursday.

The 45-year-old pleaded guilty to causing death by careless driving. She pleaded not guilty to the more serious charge of death by dangerous driving, and UK prosecutors said they would not pursue the dangerous driving charge against her.


Sacoolas has admitted to driving on the wrong side of the road at the time of the collision.

Causing death by careless driving can be punished by up to five years imprisonment.


High Court judge Mrs. Justice Cheema-Grubb, who presided over the proceedings, said Sacoolas is now a “convicted offender” and ordered she be disqualified from driving in the United Kingdom.


Cheema-Grubb said she had not yet decided what sentence to hand down to Sacoolas but admitted to the court that “any sentence I pass is likely to be unenforceable while the defendant remains outside the United Kingdom.”


Cheema-Grubb made another appeal for Sacoolas to return to Britain for sentencing, but said she cannot force her to do so.


Sentencing is set for the week of November 28.


Members of Dunn’s family wore green ties and scarves in court Thursday in remembrance of the 19-year-old. They spoke of their “relief” after hearing Sacoolas admit her guilt.


It was the first time the family saw Sacoolas in court. Dunn’s mother, Charlotte Charles, told the UK’s PA Media news agency: “Walking towards court, there was still the apprehension of ‘is she going to appear?’”


Charles said her family has accepted Sacoolas’ guilty plea to the lesser charge of causing death by careless driving because they “didn’t wish to separate her from her children.”

Harry Dunn: US citizen Anne Sacoolas pleads guilty to causing motorcyclist'''s death | CNN

Sentence her to five years in prison then.

Makes no difference, does it.

Anne Sacoolas has been sentenced to eight months in prison, suspended for 12 months, for causing the death of teenage motorcyclist Harry Dunn by careless driving.

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Alongside handing Sacoolas a suspended prison sentence, the judge, Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb, also ruled that she is disqualified from driving for 12 months.

Anne Sacoolas: Former US spy avoids jail over death of teen motorcyclist Harry Dunn | UK News | Sky News

Here we go again...

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The UK is considering extraditing an American driver who fled the country after a crash that left a British nurse unable to walk.

Mystery surrounds exactly who the other driver - 22-year-old Isaac Calderon - really is after the victim of the crash was told by police that he had been visiting a British special forces base (SAS) near Hereford.

Elizabeth Donowho told Sky News that she was "devastated" when Calderon, who is accused of causing injury by dangerous driving, failed to turn up to a hearing at Kidderminster Magistrates' Court on 1 December. A warrant was issued for his arrest.
In court, Calderon's occupation was given as "American soldier", according to the Hereford Times.

Ms Donowho - who is 56 and from Malvern in Worcestershire - broke both of her ankles in the collision and was also left with a fractured sternum and a broken bone in her hand. She was unable to walk for six weeks following the collision.

It happened on the A4103 near Shucknall in Herefordshire on 31 July.

American driver flees UK after crash leaves British nurse unable to walk | UK News | Sky News

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