American sentenced remotely by UK judge who had urged her to attend the hearing in person.
A US citizen responsible for the death of teenage motorcyclist Harry Dunn has been sentenced to eight months imprisonment suspended for 12 months.
Mrs Justice Cheema Grubb handed Anne Sacoolas an eight-month prison sentence suspended for a year and disqualified her from driving for 12 months.
Anne Sacoolas crashed into Harry Dunn and killed him but was initially granted diplomatic immunity.
The mother of motorcyclist Harry Dunn broke down in court as her teenage son's killer avoided jail after a three-year fight for justice.
Anne Sacoolas was sentenced at the Old Bailey to eight months in prison, suspended for 12 months.
The mother of motorcyclist Harry Dunn broke down in court as her teenage son's killer avoided jail after a three-year fight for justice.
Anne Sacoolas, 45, fled the country 19 days after causing the crash which killed the teenage motorcyclist outside a US air base. | ITV News Anglia.
US citizen knocked the 19-year-old off his motorbike outside RAF Croughton, Northants, in August 2019.
In a victim impact statement, Harry Dunn's mother Charlotte Charles introduced herself before telling of how her world was turned "upside down" on August 27 ...
“The thought of Harry suffering before he died and his passing itself is always there and always will be. His passing has left a gaping hole in every fibre of my entire being.” She continued to say: “It is just so cruel what has happened. Cheeky, happy, hard-working, popular, caring and he knew right from wrong, which I was so proud of. [Harry Dunn](https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/harry-dunns-family-horrified-after-28666151) 's mum has spoken of how his passing has left her a "broken woman" and continues to "haunt her to her core", as Anne Sacoolas is spared jail. That will be Harry’s legacy. “I am a broken woman and only hope that one day I will be able to start looking forward to things again with Harry on my shoulder whispering in my ear that he loves me and me doing the same for him.” “I made a promise to Harry in the hospital that we would get him justice and a mother never breaks a promise to her son.” “He had his whole life in front of him and it breaks my heart that he was cut down so young, ready to take the step into adulthood and fulfil all his dreams." “My job is to comfort my children and I wasn’t there for Harry to comfort him in what must have been an awful and painful, slow death, particularly as he lay on the side of the road waiting for an ambulance bleeding to death," she said. “I have been shaken to the point of breaking and the only thing that keeps me going every day is looking after Niall and Harry’s other siblings, and ensuring that we get justice for Harry. “I beat myself up over and over again and wish I had left work earlier so that I could have gotten to him in time.
The mother of teenage motorcyclist Harry Dunn labelled her son's killer a "huge coward" after she failed to attend her sentencing hearing in person.
The American fled the country after fatally striking the teenager with her car as she drove on the wrong side of the road in Croughton in 2019. And after ...
The Dunn family spent more than three years campaigning for US citizen Anne Sacoolas to face a British court. Ms Sacoolas collided with Mr Dunn's motorbike ...
US citizen Anne Sacoolas, 45, was yesterday sentenced at the Old Bailey to eight months in prison suspended for 12 months for causing the death of Mr Dunn ...