An enlarged photograph of notes held by Donald Trump on Wednesday reveals the suspect granted diplomatic immunity in the case of a teen killed in a road crash “will not return to the UK”.
After addressing reporters on the case at the White House, a close up of a card held by the president read: ”(If raised) Note, as Secretary Pompeo told Foreign Secretary Raab, that the spouse of the US government employee will not return to the United Kingdom.”
Harry Dunn, 19, died when his motorbike crashed into a car outside an RAF base on August 27.
The suspect, 42-year-old Anne Sacoolas, reportedly married to a US intelligence official, was granted diplomatic immunity following the crash.
The car which crashed into Dunn was thought to have been driving on the wrong side of the road after leaving RAF Croughton in Northamptonshire, a military base used by the US Air Force, PA Media reported.
Speaking to Sky News about the photograph of notes held by Trump, taken by Washington Post photographer Jabin Botsford, Dunn’s mother Charlotte Charles: “I’m just disgusted.
“I don’t see the point in Boris Johnson talking to President Trump, or President Trump even taking a call from Boris Johnson.
“If he’d already made his decision that if it were to be asked and if it were to be raised, the answer was already going to be no. It’s just beyond any realm of any human thinking.”
On Wednesday the US president said that Americans driving on the other side of the road in the UK “happens”. He added: “The woman was driving on the wrong side of the road, and that can happen. You know, those are the opposite roads, that happens.
“I won’t say it ever happened to me, but it did.
“When you get used to driving on our system and then you’re all of a sudden on the other system where you’re driving – it happens. You have to be careful, very careful.”
His words were met with anger by Charles, who said she was unhappy with the president’s “throw-away comments”.
The teenager’s family met with the Foreign Secretary on Wednesday but said they left the meeting feeling “angry” and “disappointed”.
Charles later saying it seemed like a “publicity stunt” and that they felt “patronised” by Dominic Raab who had jsut held talks with US Ambassador Woody Johnson
Trump confirmed that his administration would seek to speak to the driver, after Number 10 said the prime minister had urged him to “reconsider” in a phone call.
Northamptonshire Police have also asked the US to consider waiving the immunity.
Commenting on what she would say to Trump about the case, Dunn’s mother told Sky News: “He must know exactly where she is.
“He must know where she, the kids, the husband are – whether they are being hidden or they’ve just run away – one way or another he must know exactly where they are.
“I would obviously urge him to still put her on the plane to come back, face our justice system here, face us, talk to us, everything we have been saying for the past five days.
“We will keep the pressure on – we still don’t understand, none of us as a family, everyone around the world that keeps contacting us.”