Former UK Serviceman Charged of Murdering Kenyan Female Shows Up in Court

A man has been presented in court as extradition hearings commenced in the legal matter of Agnes Wanjiru, a female from Kenya who was murdered near a UK military installation in 2012.

Purkiss, thirty-eight, who is hailing from Greater Manchester, appeared before Westminster magistrates court on Friday, and told the court he planned to fight the deportation. Sources suggest that he was arrested on Thursday evening.

A detention order for the suspect was released by a Nairobi court in September. The state attorneys stated before the Kenyan court that the accused had been accused of a one count, of homicide, and that the government of Kenya would pursue his extradition to answer to accusations.

He previously worked as a army medic with the Lancaster Regiment, the military regiment for the English northwest, including on tours of Afghanistan.

The victim, 21 years old, a beautician who had a infant daughter, went missing after a evening out, and her body was located after two months in the area of the accommodation where she had previously spotted.

Nobody had previously been taken into custody or charged in connection to her demise. Purkiss’s arrest followed a recent detective probe, which was initiated after a exposé in the year 2021 by a Sunday newspaper, in which the newspaper reached out to several serving and ex-military personnel in the unit.

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