the UNITED states reject Britain’s request to hand over diplomatfruen Anne Sacoolas, who is charged with fatality.
It informs the UNITED states’state department, in a press release the night of Friday, writes the news agency Reuters.
– If the UNITED states accepted Britain’s request for extradition, it would be to do the diplomatic immunity null and void, it sounds in the message.
united kingdom meetings the decision with great regret and call it a ‘refusal of justice’. It writes the AFP news agency.
– We are very disappointed with the decision, which works as a rejection of fairness, says a spokeswoman for the british ministry of the interior.
The british prosecutor’s office gave in december granted permission to the police raised the charge against 42-year-old Sacoolas, who hit a motorcyclist with his car in august.
The 19-year-old motorcyclist, Harry Dunn, was killed in the accident 27. august, where Sacoolas drove in the wrong side of the road near a military base in Northamptonshire in central England.
According to the charges, it was Sacoolas’ hazardous driving, that was the fault of the young brites death.
Sacoolas acknowledged in October to be the driver of the car, but she was subsequently home to the UNITED states.
She announced at the time that she as the wife of an american diplomat has immunity.
the Case has triggered outrage in Britain and a dispute between the american and british authorities as to whether Sacoolas must be provided.
the Maximum for manslaughter by reckless driving is 14 years in prison in the Uk.
the Parents of the slain Thursday were briefed on the UNITED states’s decision of the british politicians. They are not surprised, informs Radd Seiger, who is the family spokesperson to the AFP.
Harry dunn’s hapless parents. Photo: Eduardo Munoz/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
