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Harry Dunn’s killer handed suspended sentence

HARRY DUNN’S mother has said the promise to her son to get justice is “properly complete” as his killer was finally sentenced.

The Dunn family spent more than three years campaigning for US citizen Anne Sacoolas to face a British court.

Ms Sacoolas collided with Mr Dunn’s motorbike while driving on the wrong side of the road in Northamptonshire in August 2019, killing the 19-year-old.

After a “relentless” campaign, Ms Sacoolas, 45, appeared via video link before a High Court judge at the Old Bailey on Thursday, where she was handed an eight-month prison sentence, suspended for 12 months.

Ahead of the sentencing, Mr Dunn’s mother, Charlotte Charles said: “His passing haunts me every minute of every day and I’m not sure how I’m ever going to get over it.

“I made a promise to Harry in the hospital that we would get him justice and a mother never breaks a promise to her son.”

After the hearing, she said: “Job done, promise complete. Properly, properly complete now.

“Anne Sacoolas now has a criminal record. Yep, Harry, we’ve done it.

“We would have been happy with anything — for us, it was just about doing the right thing.”

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