AFP, LONDONBritish authorities on Friday charged the wife of a US diplomat who left the country after being involved in a traffic accident that killed a teenager. The case of Anna Sacoolas has been a thorn in London’s close relations with Washington, stirring up debates over the limits of diplomatic immunity in cases unrelated to national security. The US Department of State said it was “disappointed” by Friday’s development, reasserting that in Washington’s view Sacoolas enjoys diplomatic immunity in the case. The Crown Prosecution Service said it has authorized police in Northamptonshire to charge Sacoolas in absentia with causing death by dangerous driving. British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Dominic Raab called the charges “an important step” that should prompt Sacoolas to return to the UK.

Source: Taipei Times December 21, 2019 16:07 UTC