美国空军士兵詹姆斯·卢博因在英国涉嫌对多名女性实施性暴力，最终在美国法院被定罪。[1]2019年8月，两名英国女性向萨福克郡警察报案指控卢博，仅11天后警察将案件移交给美军警察。[1]卢博被指控在2019年4月至7月间对共6名女性实施性侵犯。[1]
2020年，美军军事法庭对卢博的指控宣判无罪，他因"轻微违规"被不名誉除名。[1]然而，2025年卢博在迈阿密联邦法院因DNA证据被控性暴力罪成立，被判处5年监禁，并在出狱后面临20年的监管。[1]
这一案件引发了对美英军事司法管辖权的质疑。[1]根据1951年美英防务协议，美军可对受害者为美军人员或士兵在执勤时的犯罪享有管辖权。[1]英国警察将案件交给美军的决定因此备受争议。[1]
A US Air Force serviceman accused of a series of sexual assaults on sleeping women in England has been convicted in American courts following his removal from British jurisdiction. [1] James Lobo faced allegations of assaulting six women between April and July 2019 in Suffolk County, with two victims reporting the crimes to local police on August 3, 2019. [1] Just eleven days later, on August 14, 2019, Suffolk police transferred the case to US military authorities rather than pursuing prosecution in British courts. [1]
The transfer highlighted controversial aspects of military jurisdiction under the 1951 US-UK Defence Agreement, which grants American forces authority over crimes involving US service members or incidents occurring during military duty. [1] Following the case's handover, a military court acquitted Lobo of the charges in 2020, though he received a dishonorable discharge for minor violations. [1] In 2025, Lobo was convicted in Miami federal court on sexual assault charges supported by DNA evidence and sentenced to five years in prison, with an additional twenty years of supervised release following his incarceration. [1]