Harry Dunn’s mother expects Raab to tell Pompeo US suspect ‘is coming back’

The mother of teenage motorcyclist Harry Dunn expects the Foreign Secretary to “not accept anything less” than the return of her son’s alleged killer after his meeting with the US secretary of state.

Dominic Raab is expected to meet with Mike Pompeo on Wednesday after an extradition request for Anne Sacoolas was refused last week.

Mr Dunn’s mother Charlotte Charles told the PA news agency she “looked (Mr Raab) in the eye and urged him to do everything he can” to bring Mrs Saccolas back to the UK in a meeting with the Foreign Secretary on Monday.

Mr Dunn, 19, was killed when his motorbike crashed into a car outside a US military base in Northamptonshire on August 27 last year.

Mrs Sacoolas, 42, the wife of a US intelligence official based at RAF Croughton, claimed diplomatic immunity after the crash and was able to return to her home country, sparking an international controversy.

Speaking of what she hoped would come from the Foreign Secretary’s meeting with Mr Pompeo, Mrs Charles told PA: “On Monday when we met with Mr Raab, I looked him in the eye and urged him to do everything he can to bring Anne Sacoolas back so that I can keep the promise that I made to Harry on the night that he died that we would get him justice.

“As any mum or dad would understand, we won’t be able to get closure until that happens.

“Mr Raab assured me that he will not accept anything less than Anne Sacoolas coming back.”

After the extradition request for Mrs Sacoolas was refused, a spokesman for the US State Department said the request was rejected because it would render the invocation of diplomatic immunity a practical nullity and set an extraordinarily troubling precedent.

The Prime Minister, the Foreign Secretary and the Home Secretary have all labelled the extradition refusal a “denial of justice”.

Asked what he expects from the Mr Raab and Boris Johnson in their meetings with Mr Pompeo, Mr Seiger told PA: “Boris Johnson and Dominic Raab have a huge opportunity when they meet with Mike Pompeo to make a stand for right versus wrong.

“We fully expect our leaders to make it clear that Anne Sacoolas must be returned to face justice and that that is the only way forward or there will be severe consequences.

“We are told the UK Government is reviewing all of its options.

“Show the nation now that you have the wherewithal to stand up to this disgraceful decision and make the country proud of you by not being cowed or bullied into accepting that it is OK for Americans to come to the UK, kill our children and just get on the next plane back home.”