After fatal UK crash, U.S. removes criminal immunity for its diplomat families

FILE PHOTO: Charlotte Charles, mother of Harry Dunn, and Dunn's stepfather Bruce Charles walk outside the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London, Britain, July 21, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain has agreed with the United States to remove immunity from criminal prosecution for the families of U.S. diplomats and embassy staff after 19-year-old Harry Dunn was killed in a fatal collision involving the wife of a U.S. diplomat.

"The U.S. waiver of immunity from criminal jurisdiction is now expressly extended to the family members of U.S. staff," Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said in a written statement.