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Ellie Ng

Ex-British soldier accused of Kenya septic tank murder insists he is innocent

Agnes Wanjiru was found dead in a septic tank in 2012 (Family handout/PA) -

A former British soldier accused of the 2012 murder of a Kenyan woman who was found in a septic tank has insisted he is innocent and said he does not believe he ever met her.

Robert James Purkiss, 38, appeared in a London court earlier this month to declare he does not consent to his extradition to the African nation, after the Kenyan director of public prosecutions said he was wanted for the alleged “brutal” murder of 21-year-old Agnes Wanjiru.

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