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UK soldier accused of murder of Kenyan woman in 2012 named
The Guardian
|September 22, 2025
The British soldier accused of murdering the Kenyan woman Agnes Wanjiru in 2012 has been named as Robert James Purkiss.
Purkiss, 38, was named in court documents at the high court in Nairobi last week, where a court issued a warrant for his arrest.
The high court judge Alexander Muteti issued the arrest warrant on Tuesday in Kenya, with the prosecution telling the court that Purkiss had been charged with a single count, of murder.
The Kenyan government would seek Purkiss’s extradition to face charges, the court heard.
Purkiss, who is originally from Greater Manchester, formerly served as a medic with the Duke of Lancaster’s regiment, the infantry regiment for the northwest of England, including on tours of Afghanistan.
Wanjiru, a 21-year-old hairdresser was killed in 2012.
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