Ex British Serviceman Accused of Killing Kenyan Woman Shows Up in Courtroom

A suspect has appeared in court as extradition hearings began in the case of Agnes Wanjiru, a Kenyan woman who was killed near a British army base in the year 2012.

Robert Purkiss, 38, who is a native of the Manchester area, showed up in the magistrates' court in Westminster on Friday, and stated to the court he intended to contest the extradition request. Reports indicate that he was detained on Thursday evening.

An arrest warrant for the defendant was released by a Nairobi court in September. Legal prosecutors stated before the Kenyan court that the accused had been charged with a sole charge, of murder, and that the government of Kenya would seek his extradition to answer to accusations.

The defendant was once employed as a army medic with the Lancaster Regiment, the army unit for the north-west of England, including on deployments in Afghanistan.

Wanjiru, 21 years old, a beautician who had a infant daughter, went missing after a night on the town, and her remains was located after two months in the premises of the hotel where she had last been seen.

Nobody had previously been detained or indicted in association with her passing. Purkiss’s arrest was the result of a new police inquiry, which came after a report in 2021 by the Sunday Times, in which the media outlet approached several current and former soldiers in the regiment.

This inquiry has been led by investigators from Kenya, which, under a bilateral security treaty, retains jurisdiction in the legal case.

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