An American woman pleaded guilty on Thursday in a crash that killed a 19-year-old British motorcyclist and has dogged U.S.-U.K. relations. Harry Dunn died in August 2019 when his motorbike collided with a car driving on the wrong side of the road near a U.S. airbase in southern England.
Anne Sacoolas, whose husband was an American official, left Britain soon afterwards and claimed diplomatic immunity in the incident.
She entered her plea in a London court via video link from Washington. Sentencing is expected to happen next month.
Since the accident, Dunn’s parents have been leading a high-profile fight to achieve justice for their son while U.S. authorities refused her extradition.
“I just want her to own it — her accountability — for what she has done to us as a family and to my son. And I need to ask her why she left, why did she think it was OK to leave my son there and — and just leave the country,” Dunn’s father Tim Dunn told CBS News in 2021.
Sacoolas was originally charged with causing death by dangerous driving but pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of careless driving, which can bring a maximum jail term of up to five years.
Dunn’s mother Charlotte Charles told Sky News she had felt “sheer relief.”
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“I think that’s the overwhelming feeling… just sheer relief that we could look up and say, ‘Harry, we’ve done it mate. We’ve done what we promised.'”
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