{"id":164559,"date":"2022-09-29T14:11:26","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T14:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=164559"},"modified":"2022-09-29T14:11:26","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T14:11:26","slug":"harry-dunns-killer-anne-sacoolas-ordered-to-attend-uk-court-in-person-after-running-down-killing-teen-19-in-car-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/harry-dunns-killer-anne-sacoolas-ordered-to-attend-uk-court-in-person-after-running-down-killing-teen-19-in-car-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Harry Dunn\u2019s \u2018killer\u2019 Anne Sacoolas ordered to attend UK court in person after 'running down & killing teen, 19, in car' | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
THE wife of a US spy has been ordered to attend British court in person as she appeared for the first time over Harry Dunn's death.<\/p>\n
Anne Sacoolas\u00a0allegedly collided with the 19-year-old's motorbike as she drove for 400 yards on the wrong side of the road after leaving RAF Croughton in 2019.<\/p>\n
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The 45-year-old, who is reportedly married to a US intelligence official, was granted diplomatic immunity after the crash and flew back to the States.<\/p>\n
Sacoolas today appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court – three years after she was charged with causing death by dangerous driving.<\/p>\n
The mum appeared via videolink from the US as Harry's parents Charlotte Charles and dad Tim Dunn watched from the public gallery.<\/p>\n
Wearing a blue suit jacket and a spotted scarf, she was told she must attend the next hearing in person.<\/p>\n
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But Chief Magistrate Paul Goldspring added: "That may change because there will be a joint application to allow you to attend by video-link as you have today."<\/p>\n
Sacoolas was given unconditional bail to appear at the Old Bailey on October 27.<\/p>\n
A row has rumbled on over her extradition – with the Home Office launching proceedings to bring her back to the UK in 2019.<\/p>\n
But the US State Department has the power to refuse extradition if they believe she still has diplomatic immunity and if the alleged offence is not a crime in both countries.<\/p>\n
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