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Josh Payne

Harry Dunn case: Immunity loophole ‘never intended’ for use as it was for Anne Sacoolas, says ex-minister

Former Foreign Office minister Sir Tony Baldry, who signed off an agreement which allowed the US government to assert diplomatic immunity on behalf of Anne Sacoolas, has said it was ‘never intended’ to be used in that way (Fiona Hanson/PA) (Picture: PA Archive)

A former Foreign Office minister who signed off an agreement which allowed the US government to assert diplomatic immunity on behalf of Anne Sacoolas has said it was “never intended” to be used in that way.

Sir Tony Baldry, who was a junior minister when the documents were drawn up in the 1990s, told the PA news agency he was “horrified” when the US administration suggested there was a “loophole” in the original agreement following Harry Dunn’s death.

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