Police have interviewed the American diplomat’s wife who is suspected of killing 19-year-old Harry Dunn in a road crash, it was revealed today.
Northamptonshire Police said it will pass details of the interview conducted in the US to the Crown Prosecution Service.
Anne Sacoolas, 42, is believed to have been driving on the wrong side of the road when she hit Mr Dunn’s motorbike outside RAF Croughton in Northamptonshire on August 27. She then returned to the US under diplomatic immunity, but this month indicated she was willing to give a statement to UK police under caution.
In a statement released today, Superintendent Sarah Johnson said: “We can confirm that we have completed an interview of the suspect in connection with the death of Harry Dunn, the details of which will be provided to the CPS for consideration alongside the rest of the evidential file already submitted.”
The news came as Mr Dunn’s family called for the chief constable of Northamptonshire Police to resign over a “disgraceful” tweet.
Commenting on the family’s potential legal action against Mrs Sacoolas and the Trump administration, Nick Adderley wrote: “How sad but how predictable.” He has since deleted the tweet.
The Dunn family spokesman Radd Seiger said: “He has displayed a staggering degree of unprofessionalism with this tweet such that he no longer commands the confidence of the family.”
Northamptonshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Stephen Mold said he has spoken to Mr Adderley about keeping force communication “professional and sensitive at all times”.
The police chief has said he “meant no offence” and apologised if his tweet had been “misconstrued or misinterpreted”.
The family have already referred the force to the Independent Office for Police Conduct. A GoFundMe page to raise money for their legal costs has so far collected more than £70,000.
