UK Justice Secretary David Lammy is raising concerns with the US government over the case of Capt Jacob Wulfson, a US pilot who strangled academic Sarah Steele in Cambridge but faced a court martial on a US airbase instead of an English trial. The incident highlights an obscure agreement regarding US military jurisdiction in the UK.
British academic Sarah Steele has criticized the US military justice system after being strangled by American fighter pilot Jacob Wulfson in Cambridge, UK. Despite the crime occurring on UK soil, US military police took over the case, leading to a court martial at RAF Lakenheath, which Steele found distressing and archaic.
A little-known US military court martial system for crimes committed in the UK is under scrutiny. Academic Sarah Steele described her experience of being tried by an all-male air force jury after being strangled by a US pilot in Cambridge.
Sarah Steele, a British academic, reported being drugged and sexually assaulted by US fighter pilot Capt Jacob Wulfson in his English apartment. Despite the crime occurring in the UK, Wulfson was tried under US military law at RAF Lakenheath, raising questions about UK authorities ceding jurisdiction and the perceived leniency of the court martial's sentence.
