"The UK's National Crime Agency says suspect was a former soldier who was arrested on Thursday by specialist officers. A former British soldier wanted by Kenyan authorities has appeared in a London court after being arrested in connection with the alleged murder of a woman near a UK army training camp in the East African country more than a decade ago."
"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. A Kenyan magistrate concluded in an inquest in 2019 that she had been murdered by the soldiers, and in September, Kenya made a formal request to extradite a suspect."
"The United Kingdom's National Crime Agency (NCA) said the suspect was a former soldier who was arrested on Thursday by specialist officers after the warrant was issued. Robert James Purkiss, 38, appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court today for extradition proceedings to begin, the NCA said on Friday. He was remanded into custody until his next appearance at the same court on November 14."
A former British soldier has been arrested in London and appeared in court on extradition proceedings after Kenya issued a warrant over the 2012 killing of Agnes Wanjiru. Wanjiru, a 21-year-old single mother, was found in a septic tank at a Nanyuki hotel after last being seen with British soldiers. A 2019 Kenyan inquest concluded she was murdered by soldiers and Kenya formally requested extradition in September. The suspect, Robert James Purkiss, 38, denies murder and has received Ministry of Defence funding for his defence. He remains remanded in custody pending further hearings.
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