Very gracious of his family to accept this.
US citizen Anne Sacoolas pleads guilty to causing Harry Dunn’s death
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The 45-year-old pleaded guilty to causing death by careless driving. She pleaded not guilty to the more serious charge of death by dangerous driving, and UK prosecutors said they would not pursue the dangerous driving charge against her.
Sacoolas has admitted to driving on the wrong side of the road at the time of the collision.
Causing death by careless driving can be punished by up to five years imprisonment.
High Court judge Mrs. Justice Cheema-Grubb, who presided over the proceedings, said Sacoolas is now a “convicted offender” and ordered she be disqualified from driving in the United Kingdom.
Cheema-Grubb said she had not yet decided what sentence to hand down to Sacoolas but admitted to the court that “any sentence I pass is likely to be unenforceable while the defendant remains outside the United Kingdom.”
Cheema-Grubb made another appeal for Sacoolas to return to Britain for sentencing, but said she cannot force her to do so.
Sentencing is set for the week of November 28.
Members of Dunn’s family wore green ties and scarves in court Thursday in remembrance of the 19-year-old. They spoke of their “relief” after hearing Sacoolas admit her guilt.
It was the first time the family saw Sacoolas in court. Dunn’s mother, Charlotte Charles, told the UK’s PA Media news agency: “Walking towards court, there was still the apprehension of ‘is she going to appear?’”
Charles said her family has accepted Sacoolas’ guilty plea to the lesser charge of causing death by careless driving because they “didn’t wish to separate her from her children.”
http://www.cnn.com/2022/10/20/uk/uk-harry-dunn-anne-sacoolas-intl-gbr/index.html
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