The family of a young woman who died in a hit-and-run crash in Qatar are urging the Foreign Office to press the Gulf state for the release of all available evidence about what happened. Raffy Tsakanika, 21, from Cambridge, died after the car she was travelling in as a passenger was struck from behind by a second vehicle near Doha in March 2019.
The second vehicle, which was travelling at “excess speed”, caused the first to lose control and overturn in the four-lane carriageway, and the second vehicle did not stop at the scene. The driver of the second vehicle, Qatari national Mubarak Al Hajri, was sentenced in Qatar to two months in prison over the crash and ordered to pay compensation to Ms Tsakanika’s family.
At a UK inquest last year, the coroner criticised the Qatari authorities for the lack of information provided to the inquest. Afterwards, Ms Tsakanika’s parents wrote to Foreign Secretary James Cleverly asking for a meeting. They have since received a written response from Foreign Office minister Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon in which he extends his “sincere condolences” for their loss.
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