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The US has turned down an extradition request for a woman who is to be charged with causing the death of teenage motorcyclist Harry Dunn.
Mr Dunn, 19, died after a crash in Northamptonshire in August which led to the suspect Anne Sacoolas, the wife of a US intelligence officer, leaving for the US under diplomatic immunity.
The Home Office launched extradition proceedings earlier this month.
A spokeswoman said the decision by the US "appears to be a denial of justice".
Washington, however, said granting the request would "render the invocation of diplomatic immunity a practical nullity".
The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo turned down the extradition request in an email to the UK Government on Thursday evening, the Dunn family spokesman Radd Seiger said.
Mr Seiger said the family would react fully to the news on Friday morning, adding "the fight goes on" for justice for their son.
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