Cambridgeshire police face questions over decision to hand sexual assault case to US military
- A police force in England is facing mounting questions over its decision to allow the US military to prosecute the case of a woman who was strangled by an American fighter pilot in his apartment in Cambridge city centre.
- Cambridgeshire police has acknowledged that in the days after the assault in 2023, it allowed the US military to take “investigative primacy” in the case, despite the fact the crime took place within the force’s territory and when the pilot was off duty.
- The force appears to have accepted a claim by US military investigators that the victim, Sarah Steele, “did not want to be con
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- A police force in England is facing mounting questions over its decision to allow the US military to prosecute the case of a woman who was strangled by an American fighter pilot in his apartment in Cambridge city centre.
- Cambridgeshire police has acknowledged that in the days after the assault in 2023, it allowed the US military to take “investigative primacy” in the case, despite the fact the crime took place within the force’s territory and when the pilot was off duty.
- The force appears to have accepted a claim by US military investigators that the victim, Sarah Steele, “did not want to be con
Sources: Guardian