Harry Dunn versus the Northamptonshire Police

The parents of 19 year old Harry Dunn have dropped their legal claim against Northamptonshire Police following their son's death, after concluding the force was "absolved of any blame". It is understood that the force will now only be involved as an "interested party".

 

In January, Northamptonshire Police were brought into the legal claim as the family sought to understand how, following the fatal crash in August of last year, Ms Sacoolas was able to claim diplomatic immunity.

 

Harrys parents, Charlotte Charles and Tim Dunn, are due in the High Court in November for a two-day judicial review hearing where they will allege that by allowing Anne Sacoolas, the American suspect in Harry's hit-and-run death, to leave the UK that the Foreign Secretary "obstructed justice".

 

A spokesman for the family, Radd Seiger said, "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 Ms Sacoolas was brought to justice".

 

Further commenty was made that, "Our case remains that the police investigation was effectively stopped in its tracks abruptly when the Foreign Office told the police shortly after Harry died that Ms Sacoolas had diplomatic immunity. We say the documents reveal the Foreign Office kept police in the dark for 14 days about the uncertainty surrounding Ms Sacoolas's claim to immunity. They failed to tell them that Ms Sacoolas was planning to leave the country, and did not tell police that she had gone until the day after she left.

 

The Foreign Office has been approached for comment.