Harry Dunn’s father has said he may never trust the Government again after a review laid bare the extent of the Foreign Office’s failings.

Harry, 19, was hit by American driver Anne Sacoolas outside a US Air Force station at RAF Croughton, Northamptonshire, in 2019 before she fled Britain.

On Thursday, an independent probe by Dame Anne Owers found the Foreign Office failed to treat his case as a crisis and withheld information from his family.

The department, then run by Tory Dominic Raab, told the US Government it should feel “able” to put Sacoolas on the next flight home.

Sacoolas eventually pleaded guilty to causing death by careless driving in December 2022.

Reacting to the review, the slain teenager’s father has spoken to GB News.

Tim Dunn said he still could not understand how Sacoolas, left the country and Dominic Raab “didn’t even know until three days later”.

“I can’t understand how such a massive event can happen. And our head of the Foreign Office doesn’t know… It was just crazy to me. It still is now,” he said.

Mr Dunn continued: “At the time, I was dumbfounded by it, but now I’ve seen the report in black and white. I just can’t see how we could have ever coped in the country at that time. It was the worst people in office we’ve ever had.”

Asked whether how the ordeal had left the family’s trust of authority and of Government, Mr Dunn said: “It’s really hard to to trust it again. We’ve had good, honest meetings with Northamptonshire Police, where they published their review and tried to build some bridges.

“And this week, after seeing Yvette Cooper, who was fantastic, and the meeting was really well conducted and a complete opposite to when we saw Mr Raab.

“Will I ever trust again? Probably not. Even though they’re going to implement all the things that Dame Anne has asked for, sometimes you think to yourself: ‘Are you important enough or is the deal with another country more important?'”

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In a rare admission about Sacoolas herself, Harry’s father said: “After seeing the report, I can see that she tried to do the right thing.

“She said she admitted it but she wasn’t allowed to stay in the country. The Americans wouldn’t let her. She had no choice about staying and going through our system. She was just taken away.

“She did go through the system – remotely – which helped us to get what we did.

“At the time, I was disappointed she didn’t come to London to go to come to the court. But… she was sentenced. We did get our justice.

“She was convicted of of killing Harry with careless driving. I don’t have any ill will towards Anne Sacoolas at all. To be honest, I barely think of her.”

Looking forward, Mr Dunn says the conclusion of the review is the beginning of a new chapter for his family.

“It’s affected us all very deeply. Now we can look to celebrate Harry in a more joyful way, to do things in his name and celebrate him for the 19 years that he was in our lives.

“I know it’s going to be difficult because we never we’ll never have any fresh memories or any fresh photos or videos, which is tough, because it’s all you’ve got of your son.

“As you get older, you will never get anything newer, whereas [Harry’s twin brother] Niall is obviously 25 now.

“He’s a man and he’s growing. We never got that for Harry. Harry will always be 19 – still that boy that was thirsty for life and fun and joy and full of happiness and craving to be with people and doing things.

“We’ll try and move forward and celebrate him.”