Ex British Soldier Charged of Killing Kenyan Female Shows Up in Courtroom

A suspect has shown up before a judge as deportation processes started in the case of Agnes Wanjiru, a Kenyan woman who was killed near a UK military installation in 2012.

The accused Robert Purkiss, 38, who is a native of Greater Manchester region, showed up in the Westminster court on Friday, and stated to the court he intended to contest the deportation. It is understood that he was detained on the evening of Thursday.

A detention order for the defendant was released by a court in Nairobi in the month of September. The prosecution stated before the Kenyan court that the individual had been facing a sole charge, of killing, and that the government of Kenya would request his deportation to stand trial.

Purkiss served formerly as a medic with the regiment of the Duke of Lancaster, the military regiment for the north-west of England, including on deployments in Afghanistan.

The victim, 21, a hair stylist who had a infant daughter, disappeared after a evening out, and her body was found after two months in the premises of the lodging where she had previously spotted.

Not a single person had before been detained or indicted in association with her passing. Purkiss’s arrest was the result of a fresh police investigation, which was initiated after a article in the year 2021 by the Sunday Times, in which the media outlet contacted several active and retired troops in the unit.

This inquiry has been headed by investigators from Kenya, which, under a bilateral defence agreement, retains jurisdiction in the case.