Sacoolas set to give evidence

THE United States State Department employee who was at the centre of a diplomatic scandal after killing teenage motorcyclist Harry Dunn in a crash in Northamptonshire is primed to give evidence remotely at his inquest.

A pre-inquest review hearing at Northampton’s Guildhall heard that Mr Dunn’s family have faced a “deafening silence” from Anne Sacoolas’s employer in their fouryear fight for justice.

After a request from Northamptonshire Coroner Anne Pember, the Press Association understands plans are in place for Sacoolas to attend the inquest remotely.

The family’s spokesman, Radd Seiger, told the Press Association that Mr Dunn’s parents are still hopeful that she will appear in person for the substantive hearing, now criminal proceedings have concluded.