Airman molested female colleague as she slept as US Air Force base in UK
James Loubeau, 37, met his victim and her pal at a bar on RAF Mildenhall — a US Air Force site near Newmarket, Suffolk.
After a drinking session in May 2019, a friend took her home and helped her get ready for bed.
But the victim then woke at 2.30am to find Loubeau in her bed.
The FBI said: 'The victim almost immediately called two friends to say she had been raped.
'Surveillance video captured Loubeau after he left the victim's room.'
Loubeau, of Miami, Florida, pleaded guilty earlier this year to two counts of abusive sexual contact.
DNA tests also linked him to the attack.
He was this week jailed for five years.
A judge in Florida said he must spend another 20 years being supervised by the authorities after his release from prison.
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