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Harry Dunn's Alleged Killer 'Willing To Discuss A Resolution'

Harry Dunn’s alleged killer “remains willing to discuss a resolution with the UK authorities”.

This news comes after the new US President's administration said they maintained the same position as the previous government and that their refusal to extradite Anne Sacoolas was final.

Harry died after his motorbike was involved in a crash outside the US military base RAF Croughton in Northamptonshire on 27 August 2019.

Lawyers acting on behalf of 43-year-old Anne Sacoolas said she had driven on the "wrong side of the road for 20 seconds" before the collision.

At the time of the incident, Ms Sacoolas, a US citizen, had diplomatic immunity asserted on her behalf and she was able to return to her home country.

She was later charged with causing death by dangerous driving by UK authorities, but the US State Department declined a Home Office extradition request in January last year.

Anne Sacoolas' lawyers said their position had not changed but they wanted “nothing more than to find a path forward”, saying: “We have been and remain willing to discuss a resolution with the UK authorities.

“Anne would like nothing more than to find a path forward and to provide the family some measure of peace.”

When asked if they were working towards an alternative resolution in the case, the US Department of Justice declined to comment.

Speaking to PA News, Harry Dunn's mother Charlotte Charles, said that she and Tim Dunn, Harry’s father, wanted to sit down with Sacoolas once the prosecution was over to “rebuild our shattered lives”.

Reacting to the statement from Sacoolas’s lawyers she added: “It is good to see that Mrs Sacoolas remains willing to find a resolution. We need that so much.

“This has never been about vengeance or retribution for us but justice for our boy and accountability.

“When the prosecution is all over, Tim and I hope to meet with Mrs Sacoolas so that both families can begin to rebuild their shattered lives.

“We know she and her children are victims too. We have so many questions we need to have answered and we need the inquest and public inquiry to have answers to them.”