family of Harry Dunn is pressing for investigation into it death recommend USA personnel in American military bases in Britannia should to be required be properly trained in Road safety.
Teenage killer Ann Sakulas sentenced to probation on Thursday at the Old Bailey, where it was reported that a US citizen car hit his motorcycle while she was driving on in wrong side of road – or what she called the police “American side- after release military base in Northamptonshire in 2019.
path to inquiry clear now that criminal proceedings ended after campaign from Dunn family bring Sakulas to justice after she received diplomatic immunity on on her behalf USA government as well as left UK 19 days after the incident.
dunn family and their representatives worked with law counsel on plans press for coroner to draw conclusions in respect safety at other US bases and exercises for personnel based there.
representative for in family announced that they would invite the coroner to conduct a deep and thorough investigation full circumstances leading to Dunn death”including failure of the US and UK governments to address causes of thousands of deaths and serious injuries suffered by British citizens outside US bases over decades and take steps to prevent them. This family is holding strong view that both governments have Harry’s blood on their hands.”
family pointed to the Hansard entry of parliamentary exchange back like 1983 in what then minister David Mellor, in reply for in government, made reference to “hundreds, if not thousands” of incidents outside bases containing US personnel.
After Dunn’s death, the Northamptonshire police demanded a meeting with US military commanders to discuss misses on roads near the base from which Sakulas departed, RAF Croughton. Fatal collisions when a US citizen resides at the base in UK was driving on in wrong side of the road formerly ran at RAF Lakenheath and RAF Mildenhall, both in Suffolk. They took lives of US air force personnel John Biram, 27, Julius Hawkins, 25, and Hunter Davis, also 27.
dunn family will also keep pressing for an investigation backed by the Labor Party that would focus on areas, including processing of case of Dominic Raab when he was a foreigner secretary.
Raab was forced to speak out about what he was told about his career. of Sakulas, whose lawyers said she could not come to the UK for sentencing hearing this week because the US government declared that he would put “US interests” in risk.
It emerged that the US embassy had informed the Foreign Office that it intended to expel Sakoulas from the UK after the incident “unless there were serious objections”. Raab said parliament in 2019, which the UK strongly objected to. dunn family want proof of it is subject to disclosure.
