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Harry Dunn: Anne Sacoolas gets suspended jail term for fatal crash
Source: BBC
Harry Dunn: Anne Sacoolas gets suspended jail term for fatal crash
8 December 2022
A US citizen responsible for the death of teenage motorcyclist Harry Dunn has been sentenced to eight months imprisonment suspended for 12 months.
Anne Sacoolas, 45, was driving on the wrong side of the road when her car hit Mr Dunn, 19, outside a US military base in Northamptonshire in August 2019.
Sacoolas appeared via video-link at the hearing at the Old Bailey in London.
She had previously admitted causing his death by careless driving at a hearing at same court in October.
Sacoolas was also disqualified from driving for 12 months.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-63891657