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Harry Dunn’s parents say police ‘absolved of any blame’ as claim dropped

Mr Dunn’s family alleges the Foreign Secretary ‘obstructed justice’ by allowing Anne Sacoolas to leave the UK.

Joe Mellor by Joe Mellor
2020-07-26 12:57
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Undated family handout photo of Harry Dunn. An expert on diplomacy has described the diplomatic immunity claim from Harry Dunn's alleged killer Anne Sacoolas as a "palpable absurdity".

Undated family handout photo of Harry Dunn. An expert on diplomacy has described the diplomatic immunity claim from Harry Dunn's alleged killer Anne Sacoolas as a "palpable absurdity".

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Harry Dunn’s parents have dropped their legal claim against Northamptonshire Police after concluding the force are “absolved of any blame” following their son’s death.

The 19-year-old’s family are set for a two-day judicial review hearing at the High Court in November where they allege the Foreign Secretary “obstructed justice” by allowing suspect Anne Sacoolas to leave the UK.

Northamptonshire Police were brought into the legal claim in January as Mr Dunn’s mother Charlotte Charles and father Tim Dunn sought to understand how Sacoolas was able to claim diplomatic immunity following the fatal crash in August last year.

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The family of Harry Dunn alleges the Foreign Secretary ‘obstructed justice’ by allowing Anne Sacoolas to leave the UK (David Mirzoeff/PA)

The PA news agency understands the force will now only be involved in the claim as an “interested party” on the request of Chief Constable Nick Adderley.

It is also understood the force will not seek costs against the family for its involvement in the proceedings.

The Dunn family has decided to discontinue proceedings against the police after alleging that documents disclosed for court proceedings demonstrated the force was “kept in the dark” by the Foreign Office (FCO).

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Recent documents showed that Northamptonshire Police said it was “not informed” by the FCO of the arrangements that allowed Sacoolas to claim diplomatic immunity.

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The force also claims the FCO did not tell it about the risk of Sacoolas being withdrawn from the UK or the existence of a waiver in respect of her husband Jonathan’s immunity – preventing officers from interviewing him as a witness.

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Chief Constable Nick Adderley has requested to remain involved in the case as an “interested party” (Jacob King/PA)

In December last year, Sacoolas was charged with causing Mr Dunn’s death by dangerous driving but an extradition request submitted by the Home Office was rejected by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in January.

The US State Department described the decision as “final” but the UK and the US have since agreed to amend the “anomaly” which allowed Sacoolas to claim diplomatic immunity.

Explaining why the parents have dropped the claims against Northamptonshire Police, family spokesman Radd Seiger told PA: “Having carefully reviewed the documents disclosed by the Foreign Secretary, the parents are now satisfied that the police are absolved of any blame and could have done no more to ensure that Mrs Sacoolas was brought to justice.

“Our case remains that the documents clearly show how the police investigation was effectively stopped in its tracks abruptly when the Foreign Office told the police shortly after Harry died that Mrs Sacoolas had diplomatic immunity.

“We say the documents reveal that the Foreign Office kept the police in the dark for 14 days about the uncertainty surrounding Mrs Sacoolas’ claim to immunity.

Leave country

“They failed to tell them that Mrs Sacoolas was planning to leave the country, and then did not tell the police that she had gone until the day after she left.

“In the United Kingdom, it is the police’s responsibility to establish who has diplomatic immunity, not the Foreign Office, yet he and his team did just that – the parents say unlawfully.

“In discussions with the police, they have now graciously confirmed that they will remain in the legal case as an interested party.”

A Northamptonshire Police spokesman said: “This is an ongoing legal matter and it would therefore be inappropriate to comment further at this time.”

The Foreign Office have been approached for comment.

Related – ‘Lost child in an adult’s world’ – Harry Dunn’s mother hits out at Raab

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