WASHINGTON/LONDON- On Friday, the U.S. rejected Britain’s formal request regarding the extradition of the wife of a U.S. diplomat who fleed the country last year after involvement in a fatal road crash which killed a 19-year old boy Harry Dunn.
Prosecutors in Britain are seeking Anne Sacoolas’ extradition over the crash from August last year where Dunn was killed while riding his motorbike.
After the decision to charge from the Crown Prosecution Service, the British Home Office sent a formal extradition request to the United States for causing death by dangerous driving by Anne Sacoolas.
The decision is left for the U.S. authorities. A spokesman for the U.S. State Department said that the request would not be granted by Washington.
The U.S. State Department spokesman said that given the circumstances of this case, an extradition request seems inappropriate.
According to the statement, the United States has been clear that when the accident occurred and during her stay in the UK, Sacoolas had diplomatic immunities.
Using an extradition treaty to return a former diplomat’s spouse by force is the ground to establishing a troubling precedent, according to the statement from the U.S.
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