British prosecutors are seeking the extradition of Anne Sacoolas, the wife of a U.S. diplomat, over a road collision that killed 19-year-old Harry Dunn last year
WASHINGTON/LONDON - The United States on Friday rejected a formal request from Britain for the extradition of a U.S. diplomat’s wife who left the country last year after a road collision that killed 19-year-old Briton Harry Dunn.
“Following the Crown Prosecution Service’s charging decision, the Home Office has sent an extradition request to the United States for Anne Sacoolas on charges of causing death by dangerous driving,” a UK Home Office spokesman said in a statement on Friday.A U.S. State Department spokesman said Washington would not grant the request.
“The use of an extradition treaty to attempt to return the spouse of a former diplomat by force would establish an extraordinarily troubling precedent,” it said.
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