UK - Ex-British soldier accused of murdering Kenyan woman, 21, while deployed in Africa in 2012 faces extradition - 21 September 2025

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1969685986788426110

"A former British soldier who has been charged with the murder of a 21-year-old Kenyan mother more than a decade ago has been pictured for the first time.

Robert James Purkiss, 38, a former combat medic and infantryman faces extradition to Kenya to face trial for the murder of Agnes Wanjiru.

Agnes Wanjiru, 21,was last seen alive with British troops at a hotel in Nanyuki in March 2012."

 

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From 2024

"British troops
'joked with killer about death of Kenyan mother'
whose body was dumped in septic tank."

Agnes Wanjiru, 21, was last seen alive with British troops at a hotel in Nanyuki in March 2012,
before her mutilated naked body was found with stab wounds dumped in a septic tank three months later near an army base."

British troops 'joked with killer about death of Kenyan mother'

Agnes Wanjiru, 21, was last seen alive with British troops at a hotel in Nanyuki in March 2012, before her mutilated naked body was found dumped in a septic tank three months later near an army base.

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From 2021

"Nine British soldiers face probe over fatal stabbing of Kenyan mother, 21, ​

found dead in hotel septic tank in 2012 ​

after night of partying near army base.​

Witnesses said the sex worker was seen at the hotel bar (pictured) that night with a number of British soldiers and left arm-in-arm with one of them."

Nine British soldiers face probe over 2012 stabbing of Kenyan mother

Agnes Wanjiru, a local sex worker in Nanyuki, was last seen partying with a number of British troops at the Lions Court Inn hotel and her naked body was discovered two months later.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2025

Kenya issues warrant for UK citizen | The Jerusalem Post

Agnes Wanjiru was found in a septic tank at the Lion's Court Hotel in the Kenyan town of Nanyuki in 2012, having last been seen at the hotel with a group of British soldiers.

www.jpost.com

''Kenya issued an arrest warrant and requested the extradition of a British citizen on Tuesday over the murder of a 21-year-old woman near a UK army training camp more than a dozen years ago, which has strained relations between the countries.''

''Wanjiru killed by British citizen​

Wanjiru, single mother of a then-four-month-old baby, was beaten and stabbed, and probably still alive when she was thrown into the septic tank, a magistrate said in 2019 in the inquest report that ruled that British soldiers had killed her.''

 

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11 October 2025

Agnes Wanjiru: Murdered Kenyan woman's niece to visit UK and press for ex-soldier's extradition

Esther Njoki says her family has been denied justice for 13 years after her aunt Agnes Wanjiru's body was found in a septic tank.

www.bbc.com

''Ms Njoki said her aunt was a "poor Kenyan woman" and "for a long time people didn't care".

However, her family, along with Kenyan rights groups and feminists continued to push for justice and in 2018 an inquest was opened into her death.

In 2019, this concluded that Ms Wanjiru had been unlawfully killed by one or two British soldiers and that she had suffered stab wounds to the chest and abdomen.

Then in 2021, a Sunday Times investigation reported that a British soldier had confessed to colleagues that he killed Ms Wanjiru. The soldier left the army after the incident and reportedly continues to live in the UK.

In 2024, the army announced it was launching an internal review into the conduct of British soldiers in Kenya, including in Nanyuki.

It found 35 suspected cases of soldiers having engaged in sexual exploitation and abuse, including transactional sex, with local women - nine of these being after the army officially banned such conduct in 2022.''
October 21, 2025

Kenya formally seeks extradition of British soldier in Agnes Wanjiru murder case - Radio47

The Kenyan government has officially commenced the extradition process for a British soldier accused of murdering Agnes Wanjiru over a decade ago in Nanyuki.

www.radio47.fm

''The Kenyan government has officially commenced the extradition process for a British soldier accused of murdering Agnes Wanjiru over a decade ago in Nanyuki.

The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) has confirmed that the extradition request has been transmitted to the Office of the Attorney General (AG), the central authority responsible for forwarding it to the United Kingdom.''

 

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"Married British soldier ​

accused of stabbing young mother to death in Kenya ​

breaks his silence from behind bars as he fights extradition to Africa.​

'There is no basis in fact to any suggestion I murdered Agnes Wanjuri.

I am sorry if that is hard for her family to hear,
but it was not me'.

He is currently being held on remand at a London prison
after being refused bail at an extradition hearing earlier this month.

He told magistrates
he 'vehemently denies' the allegation."

Ex-British soldier accused of killing Kenyan prostitute breaks silence

An ex-soldier facing extradition over the 'murder' of a Kenyan mother has insisted he is innocent. Robert Purkiss, 38, has never spoken publicly. He is being held on remand.

www.dailymail.co.uk