Harry Dunn’s twin breaks his silence on his brother and said authorities swept his death ‘under the carpet’
HARRY Dunn’s twin has claimed officials told his family to “go away and cry at home” after the woman accused of killing his brother was granted diplomatic immunity.
Niall Dunn has spoken for the first time about how Harry’s death was “swept under the carpet” by UK authorities.
Anne Sacoolas, a wife of a US diplomat, was allegedly driving on the wrong side of the road when she hit 19-year-old Harry’s motorbike outside RAF Croughton in Northamptonshire on August 27.
Police said the following day, officers went to her home address where she gave them an account of what happened.
But after being told she had diplomatic immunity from prosecution, Mrs Sacoolas, 42, left the UK on a US Air Force plane on September 15.
Now, Harry’s non-identical twin brother Niall, has broken his silence to reveal the trauma his family has suffered.
Speaking to The Mail on Sunday, he said when they were told Mrs Sacoolas had diplomatic immunity it was a “punch in the face”.
He said: “Tough, she’s not coming back, end of story. Go away and cry at home. That’s what it really did feel like.
“I’m angry at the higher-ups of the world who just don’t seem to care at all about what’s happening.”
“It was swept under the carpet and that’s what really got to me.
“We’ve lost everything. I want to know who decided this was OK to do this to us.”
Niall and Harry’s parents, Charlotte Charles and Tim Dunn, are now planning to take legal action in the US.
Appealing directly to Mrs Sacoolas, Niall has begged her to “do the right thing’” and come back to the UK.
Yesterday Harry’s parents announced they are taking the Foreign Office to court.
They claim the Foreign Office’s decision to tell cops Mrs Sacoolas had diplomatic immunity was unlawful and want it overturned through a judicial review.
They also want the police watchdog to investigate Northamptonshire Police’s handling of the inquiry into his death.
When Mrs Sacoolas had left the UK after the accident, the force were reportedly told not to inform the family for two days so the Foreign and Commonwealth Office could “understand what the next steps were”.
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Nick Adderley, Chief Constable of Northamptonshire Police, said the family found out she had left (a week later) in an “unfortunate but legitimate way”.
Police now plan to travel to the US to quiz the suspect.
Mrs Sacoolas has requested to be interviewed under caution by British officers in the US, the force said.
Mr Adderley said: “Lawyers have clearly stated she wants to be personally interviewed by Northamptonshire Police officers in the US in order for them to see her and the devastation this has also caused her and her family.
“She did not want to provide a pre-prepared statement, which is her right to do so.”