Saturday, October 5, 2019

Shining examples of personal responsibility around the globe

The wife of a US diplomat has left the UK after becoming a suspect in an investigation into the death of a motorcyclist involved in a fatal road collision, police said.

Harry Dunn, 19, died after his motorbike and a car collided near RAF Croughton in Northamptonshire on 27 August.

Northamptonshire police said a 42-year-old American woman who was being treated as a suspect in their investigation had left the UK.

Supt Sarah Johnson said the suspect had previously told the force she did not intend to “leave the country in the near future”.

[...]

The foreign secretary, Dominic Raab, said he had called the US ambassador to “express the UK’s disappointment with their decision” and to urge him to reconsider.

“I wish to offer my condolences to the family affected by this tragic incident,” he said.

The US embassy in London said it offered its “deepest sympathies” to Dunn’s family following the accident “involving a vehicle driven by the spouse of a US diplomat assigned to the United Kingdom”.

It said embassy officials were in close contact with the appropriate British officials. “Due to security and privacy considerations, we cannot confirm the identity of the individuals involved, but we can confirm the family has left the UK.”

  The Guardian
Pathetic. She probably had diplomatic immunity anyway.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

UPDATE:  It wasn't a US diplomat's wife, but an intel agent's.  She still  had diplomatic immunity.  But now she doesn't.

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