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Harry Dunn: 'Useless' UK government failed teenager killed by US spy, family says
The review found multiple UK government failings that worsened the Dunn family’s grief and made 12 recommendations for better support and transparency, chair Dame Anne Owers said.
- Dame Anne Owers' report finds layer upon layer of failings in the UK government, marking the end of a six-year struggle and issuing 12 recommendations for reform.
- Anne Sacoolas left the UK claiming diplomatic immunity 19 days after the crash near RAF Croughton, and the loophole enabling her immunity was closed in 2020, the report noted.
- In court, Anne Sacoolas appeared by video link in 'unprecedented remote proceedings' and received an eight-month suspended sentence and driving ban in her absence.
- Harry Dunn's family reacted that the report was 'incredibly painful' to read, while Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper accepted the recommendations in full and committed to learning lessons.
- The review recommends urgent reforms, including surge resources and ministerial involvement, as `There was in fact no direct contact between the FCO and the family until 4 October, the day before the Sky News interview was due to go out, when the family was offered a meeting with the foreign secretary himself`, Dame Anne said.
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Officials Lost Opportunities to Influence US on Dunn Suspect’s Immunity – Review
The Foreign Office failed to treat the Harry Dunn case as a crisis and lost “opportunities to influence” the US after diplomatic immunity was asserted on behalf of the suspect, an independent review has concluded. Former foreign secretary David Lammy officially launched the review into the case in July, with the report’s author Dame Anne Owers highlighting “failings and omissions” in the department when dealing with Harry’s death in August 2019.…
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Foreign Office failed to treat 19-year-old Harry Dunn case as crisis, damning review finds - The Mirror
The teenage motorcyclist Harry Dunn was killed after a August 2019 road collision caused by US national Anne Sacoolas, who was driving on the wrong side of the road
·London, United Kingdom
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Officials lost opportunities to influence US on Dunn suspect’s immunity – review
A review into the government’s handling of the Harry Dunn case was launched in July.
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