Kenyan family protest extradition hearing delay of ex-British soldier accused of murdering kin
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NAIROBI, Kenya Oct 28 – The family of a Kenyan woman allegedly murdered by a British soldier 14 years ago has expressed outrage after an extradition hearing for the accused was postponed until May 2027.
Relatives of Agnes Wanjiru, whose body was found in a septic tank near a British army training camp in Kenya in 2012, described the delay as “completely unacceptable” and accused authorities of failing to keep them informed.
The hearing for Robert James Purkiss, a former British soldier accused of killing the 21-year-old mother, had been due next month. The family said it had now been postponed until May 2027. Purkiss was arrested in the UK last November and is fighting extradition to Kenya to face trial for murder. He denies the allegation.
