A former US airman accused of a series of sexual assaults on six women in East Anglia avoided trial in British courts after Suffolk police handed the investigation to the American military. For readers in Suffolk and beyond, the handover raises questions about accountability when British civilians allege serious offences by off-duty US airmen. In almost all other cases on UK soil, British police retain primary responsibility for investigations and prosecutions. In August 2019, two British women reported to Suffolk police that Loubeau and another US airman had drugged and raped them after meeting in a Bury St Edmunds nightclub. It was not until 2025, after the FBI connected him to DNA evidence, that he faced criminal conviction over one of the six alleged assaults.