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Thread #166748 Message #4151338
Posted By: Rain Dog
29-Aug-22 - 05:25 AM
Thread Name: BS: US Diplomatic Immunity in UK
Subject: RE: BS: US Diplomatic Immunity in UK
"A band of bikers have held a "rev-off" in memory of a teenager who died in a crash outside US military base on the third anniversary of his death.
Harry Dunn, 19, was killed near RAF Croughton, Northamptonshire, in 2019, when it is alleged a car driven by Anne Sacoolas hit his motorbike.
The US national later left the country, claiming diplomatic immunity.
Riders who gathered outside the US Embassy in London were told "Harry will not be forgotten".
Mr Dunn's death on 27 August sparked a transatlantic diplomatic row.
It is alleged Ms Sacoolas's car struck his motorbike just after she left the base. It has been said the car was driving on the right side of the road when it should have been on the left under the UK's Highway Code.
She had diplomatic immunity asserted on her behalf by the US administration following the crash, because her husband Jonathan worked for a US intelligence agency at the base. They then both left the UK.
Ms Sacoolas is yet to face a criminal court. She was due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court in January, but days before her appearance, the Crown Prosecution Service said the hearing had been "vacated".