Ex British Soldier Accused of Killing Kenyan Female Appears in Court

A suspect has shown up before a judge as deportation processes started in the investigation of Agnes Wanjiru, a female from Kenya who was found dead near a British forces camp in 2012.

The accused Robert Purkiss, 38, who is hailing from Greater Manchester, showed up in the magistrates' court in Westminster on the last Friday, and told the court he planned to fight the extradition request. Sources suggest that he was detained on the evening of Thursday.

A detention order for Purkiss was released by a Kenyan court in Nairobi in the month of September. The prosecution informed the Kenyan judiciary that the individual had been facing a one count, of homicide, and that the Kenyan authorities would pursue his extradition to stand trial.

The defendant served formerly as a medical attendant with the Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment, the military regiment for the English northwest, including on missions to Afghanistan.

Wanjiru, twenty-one, a hairdresser who had a baby daughter, vanished after a night on the town, and her body was found after two months in the premises of the accommodation where she had last been seen.

Not a single person had earlier been detained or charged in relation to her passing. Purkiss’s arrest was the result of a recent detective probe, which was initiated after a exposé in the year 2021 by the Sunday Times, in which the media outlet contacted several serving and ex-military personnel in the regiment.

This inquiry has been spearheaded by investigators from Kenya, which, under a bilateral defence agreement, holds legal authority in the matter.

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