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.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

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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