She has been sentenced
US diplomat Anne Sacoolas has been given an eight-month suspended sentence and banned from driving for 12 months for killing 19-year-old Harry Dunn by careless driving in West Northamptonshire in 2019. Appearing at the Old Bailey by video-link from the United States, Sacoolas, 45, remained silent throughout the hearing and was seen to wipe a tear during Harry's mum's victim statement.
The court heard how how another motorist, Jennifer Hewitt, came upon the scene and saw Sacoolas standing at the side of the road with her two children. Sacoolas said to Ms Hewitt, "I’ve had a head-on collision with a motorbike. It’s all my fault, I was on the wrong side of the road" before adding “I’ve only been here a couple of weeks."
Sacoolas appeared to wipe away a tear as Harry's mum, Charlotte Charles, began reading her victim statement. She said Harry was "one in a million" and that his death "haunts me every minute of every day." Paying tribute to her son, Mrs Charles said: “The bond between a mother and her children is a special one. He was one in a million and his smile and laughter were infectious.
Having got her children out of the car, she went to help the stricken motorcyclist. She said: “He made a comment that he was driving on his side of the road. It was when I got my kids to the side of the road that I realised what happened." Recommending the judge on Sacoolas's sentence, the prosecution said Sacoolas's actions were a "terribly serious incident" that is "not far short" of the higher offence of causing death by dangerous driving. He said the starting point for the judge is a jail term of 15 months and a mandatory driving ban of at least 12 months.
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