Anthony Oxley: Army officer’s death was supported by police

A soldier in the US military caused a deadly car accident with an Army officer on an air force base, but he wasn’t charged because the American authorities handled the investigation.

Sergeant Anthony Oxley, who was 40 years old, passed away at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus in June 2016.

Since he died, his wife has been working to make sure people know how it happened.

Sally Oxley said she was very sad after finding out last weekend from a report by a coroner that the police had suggested that the driver should be charged with a crime.

The BBC asked the US Air Force to share their thoughts.

Colour Sgt Oxley, from Ryhill, near Wakefield, West Yorkshire, was riding a motorbike and got into a crash with a Toyota Corolla driven by a US serviceman. He passed away at the hospital afterwards.

In 2018, a UK investigation found that the officer died from multiple head injuries.

Mrs Oxley said she wanted a new investigation because someone who works for the SBA Police approached her in a car park and asked for it. The SBA Police is the civilian police force for Akrotiri and Dhekelia, which are areas controlled by the British government.

The report showed the name of the US soldier who was in the crash for the first time. The SBA Police suggested criminal charges against him before the US Air Force started the investigation.

The coroner said that the leader of the British Bases in Akrotiri, Michalis Vasiliou, found enough proof in his report in 2017 to charge the American for causing death through reckless or dangerous behavior.

The report said that people who saw it said the driver of the car turned sharply to the right without using the turn signal.

The coroner said that no one was charged with a crime because the person involved was a soldier in the American Air Force, and the American authorities were handling the investigation.

“In his report, he showed that he disagrees with many of the findings in the American report. ”

The investigator said: “There is evidence that suggests other people’s actions or decisions might have caused the person to die. ”

Mrs Oxley, from Barnsley, said: “I haven’t slept much this weekend. ” “These are the things that we have not been told,” she said.

“It’s difficult to handle, but I just have to move forward. ”

Mrs Oxley’s lawyers have now sent a letter to the UK Attorney General asking for a new investigation because of what the coroner found.

She also wanted the top lawyer in Cyprus to start a new investigation into the crash.

Mrs Oxley said, “I feel hopeful and I don’t think I can change my mind now. ” They will have to take action to fix it.