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US citizen Anne Sacoolas, 45, has avoided jail after being sentenced to eight months in prison suspended for 12 months for causing the death of British teenager motorcyclist Harry Dunn.
Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb delivered her judgement in a televised address at the Old Bailey. Sacoolas, 45, admitted to killing Harry Dunn by careless driving outside RAF Croughton in Northamptonshire on August 27, 2019.
Sacoolas has appeared at the Old Bailey by videolink from Washington DC to hear her judgement.
Despte the incident happening in 2019 it was only in October that Sacoolas, 45, pleaded to causing the 19-year-old motorcyclist’s death by careless driving.
Harry Dunn was killed when Sacoolas drove her Volvo on the wrong side of the road outside American military base RAF Croughton. Shortly after the incident Sacoolas left for the United States.
Today (Dec 8) she appeared wearing a grey top and cream coloured jacket for the hearing in Court One of the Old Bailey before Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb. She had declined to attend court in person on the advice of the US government.
Earlier, Mr Dunn’s mother Charlotte Charles had said she was left “absolutely fuming” on learning the US government had advised Sacoolas not to travel to the UK to face justice, making the sentence effectively unenforceable.
Speaking in a packed Court One of the Old Bailey, Mrs Charles wept as she said: “Harry just disappeared out of my life that night, shattering my existence forever.
“His passing haunts me every minute of every day and I’m not sure how I’m ever going to get over it. I made a promise to Harry in the hospital that we would get him justice and a mother never breaks a promise to her son.”
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