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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Harry Davies and Jamie Grierson

US control of case of pilot who strangled woman in UK ‘concerning’, says No 10

Jacob Wulfson in a flight suit and sunglasses stands outdoors in bright sunlight
Jacob Wulfson (centre) was convicted of strangling an intimate partner but found not guilty of sexual assault by the military court. Photograph: Tech Sgt Joseph Pick/US Air Forces Central

Downing Street has said it is “very concerning” that British authorities were not involved in the prosecution of an American fighter pilot who strangled a woman in Cambridge.

Responding to an investigation by the Guardian, a spokesperson for the prime minister said the case of Sarah Steele, an academic who was assaulted by the pilot in his apartment, was “deeply distressing”.

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