Ex British Soldier Accused of Killing Kenya Female Shows Up in Courtroom

A man has been presented in court as extradition hearings started in the case of Agnes Wanjiru, a Kenyan woman who was killed near a UK military installation in 2012.

Robert Purkiss, 38, who is originally from the Manchester area, was presented at the Westminster court on Friday, and informed the court he would challenge the deportation. It is understood that he was arrested on Thursday night.

A warrant for arrest for Purkiss was authorized by a Kenyan court in Nairobi in the month of September. The state attorneys told the Kenyan court that the individual had been facing a one count, of killing, and that the government of Kenya would pursue his extradition to answer to accusations.

He served formerly as a medic with the regiment of the Duke of Lancaster, the military regiment for the English northwest, including on missions to Afghanistan.

The victim, 21, a hair stylist who had a infant daughter, went missing after a evening out, and her corpse was located two months later in the grounds of the lodging where she had previously spotted.

No one had before been detained or accused in association with her passing. The arrest of Purkiss came after a fresh police investigation, which was initiated after a article in the year 2021 by the Sunday Times, in which the newspaper reached out to several active and retired troops in the military group.

The investigation has been headed by detectives in Kenya, which, under a bilateral security treaty, holds legal authority in the matter.