REUTERS
A former U.S. spy on Thursday admitted to being responsible for the death of a British teenager riding his motorcycle in 2019.
Anne Sacoolas, 45, fled the United Kingdom after the incident in which she fatally injured Harry Dunn, 19, after striking him with her SUV as she drove the wrong way down a two-lane highway. The deadly crash took place outside RAF Croughton in Northamptonshire, a U.S. military and intelligence base in England where her husband was stationed at the time. Sacoolas was initially described as the wife of a diplomat, but her lawyer later confirmed that she was employed by an American intelligence agency at the time of the crash, but not as a spy.
On Thursday, Sacoolas appeared via video link after refusing to attend in person at London’s Old Bailey court where she entered her guilty plea to the charge of causing death by careless driving. Dunn’s loved ones attended the brief hearing in person.