'We are 100% sure we're going to get justice': Parents of Harry Dunn on the first anniversary of his death
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Harry Dunn’s mother has marked the anniversary of her son’s death by vowing to carry on his family’s fight for justice.
Charlotte Charles said she pledged to do whatever it takes to get justice for her 19-year-old son just before he died on August 27 last year.
A year on from his death, when asked by ITV News Anglia whether she felt they were closer to getting justice for Harry, Charlotte replied "we are 100% sure we're going to get justice."
The wife of a US intelligence official, Anne Sacoolas, claimed diplomatic immunity following a road crash outside the US military base RAF Croughton in Northamptonshire which resulted in the teenage motorcyclist’s death.
One of the ambitions of the Dunn family’s campaign was to close the loophole that allowed Sacoolas to claim immunity, a matter that was resolved by Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab in July.
Mrs Charles said she “won’t stop” campaigning until Sacoolas has faced the UK justice system.
The 42-year-old US national was able to return to her home country but was charged with causing death by dangerous driving in December.
The US State Department has since rejected an extradition request for Sacoolas, saying that the decision was “final”.
In an interview with ITV News Anglia, Charlotte admitted that despite the first anniversary of her son's death "It just feels like it just happened."
She said: "That night is so fresh it could have been two days ago. Being a year on and because we have not been afforded the luxury of being able to grieve because of everything that we've been put through I think that's why it feels like it was just a few days ago or it was just last week."
Speaking about the family's campaign for justice she revealed: "We're 100% sure we are going to get it. There's never been any doubt because there's no way we would have embarked on this campaign if we'd have really thought we were fighting for nothing."
"I think hopeful is the right phrase. We've always said right from the off that we need Anne Saccolas to go through the UK justice system. How it's done is of no concern to us. We're not in a position to be able to comment on that but it's quite reassuring that they are actually thinking about how it can happen as opposed to just saying that it's not going to happen so I think it's a pretty good step in the right direction."
Mrs Charles, alongside Mr Dunn’s father, Tim Dunn, have seen their fight for justice take them to the Foreign Office and the White House, where they met with President Donald Trump.
The family have brought legal claims against both the Foreign Secretary and the US Government for their handling of Mr Dunn’s death.
On Thursday, local MP Andrea Leadsom made a direct appeal to President Trump to grant a virtual trial for Sacoolas.
"I want to appeal to him (Trump) directly, because he too is a family man, he has met with Charlotte and Tim, Harry Dunn's parents, he knows what they're going through," she said.
"I know that he is very sympathetic to their situation so I want to make a real appeal to you Mr President: Please, give this family closure, give them the virtual trial and the justice that they're demanding for their son Harry."