Cambridgeshire police face questions over decision to hand sexual assault case to US military
Jacob Wulfson, who strangled woman he met online, was allowed to be tried at airbase court martial instead of facing UK justice
TL;DR
- Cambridgeshire police allowed the US military to prosecute a case involving an American fighter pilot accused of strangling Sarah Steele in Cambridge city centre.
- The police force cited a claim that the victim "did not want to be contacted" by local police, which Steele denies.
- The pilot, Capt Jacob Wulfson, was tried in a military tribunal at RAF Lakenheath and convicted of strangling Steele, receiving a six-month sentence and dismissal from the air force.
- The victim described her experience with the US military justice system as "degrading and distressing."
- The case raises concerns about UK police forces ceding jurisdiction to the US military for crimes committed on British soil by off-duty personnel.
- UK politicians are calling for a review of the decision and urging that such cases should be investigated and prosecuted by British authorities.