Harry Dunn’s family want Julian Assange’s extradition stopped until the US hands over their son’s suspected killer

By Tony Winterburn • Published: 23 Feb 2020 • 8:51

Harry Dunn’s family says Julian Assange should not be extradited until the US hands over Anne Sacoolas

The lawyer for Harry Dunn’s family has called on the foreign secretary to block Wiki-leaks founder Julian Assange’s extradition.

The family has have accused the US government of “demonstrating an extraordinary amount of hypocrisy” in seeking the Wikileaks founder’s extradition but rejecting a request for Anne Sacoolas to return to Britain.

Dunn, 19, died when his motorbike was involved in a collision with a car outside RAF Croughton in Northamptonshire on 27 August 2019.
Sacoolas, 42, the wife of an intelligence official based at the US military base, claimed diplomatic immunity and was able to return to her home country, sparking an international controversy.

WikiLeaks says a ‘dark force’ is behind efforts to jail its founder in the United States, Assange, 48, is being held in Belmarsh Prison in south-east London and is wanted in the US to face 18 charges over the publication of US cables a decade ago. If found guilty he could face a 175-year prison sentence.

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Police are investigating a video of a ‘near-miss’ involving a car driving on the wrong side of the road outside the RAF base where Harry Dunn was killed.

The dashcam footage posted on Youtube allegedly shows a vehicle pulling out of RAF Croughton on to the right-hand lane, moments later the car swerves suddenly back on to the correct side as the driver appears to realise their mistake.