US citizen responsible for the death of teenage motorcyclist Harry Dunn has been sentenced to eight months in prison, suspended for a year.
Anne Sacoolas was driving on the wrong side of the road when she hit the 19-year-old outside a US military base in Northamptonshire in 2019.
The case led to a transatlantic row between the US and UK governments.
Charlotte Charles said of the family’s three-year wait for justice “we didn’t back down because we have values”.
Mrs Charles, Harry’s mother, added that her “promise” to get justice for her son through the UK courts was “well and truly complete”.
Following the crash, Sacoolas had diplomatic immunity asserted on her behalf by the US administration and left the country 19 days later. She never returned to the UK.
Sacoolas, who admitted earlier this year to causing death by careless driving, appeared at London’s Old Bailey via video-link after her employer, the US government, advised her not to travel to the UK to attend in person.
Mrs Charles said the 45-year-old’s failure to attend was “despicable”, adding she was “absolutely disgusted” at the actions of the US.
Mr Dunn’s father, Tim Dunn, said: “It’s been such a relentless time, we as a family fought off everything we can to get to this point.”
‘Long gone’
Mrs Charles added: “Anne Sacoolas has a criminal record for the rest of her life.
“That was something she never thought she’d see, something the US government never thought they’d see.
“Harry we done it. We’re good, we’re good.”
Mrs Charles also spoke about being unable to say goodbye to her son because he was too injured by the time she reached the hospital.
“I couldn’t comfort him at all. I couldn’t let him know that I was there. So for me, the next best thing was to kiss that bruised lip of his and just let him know that I would fight for justice,” she told Sky News.
She said the family was no longer interested in meeting Sacoolas, adding: “The time for any contact, for any remorse, is long gone.”
Family spokesman Radd Seiger said they wanted a parliamentary inquiry and hoped to work with the Foreign Office to prevent others from going through the same thing.
Foreign Secretary James Cleverly has requested to meet the family, he said.
