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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Brian Melley

Former British soldier fighting extradition to Kenya in death of woman

A former British soldier said Friday that he would fight extradition to Kenya where he faces charges of murder in the death of a woman whose decomposed body was found in a septic tank 13 years ago.

Robert James Purkiss, 38, appeared in Westminster Magistrates' Court to contest his transfer to Kenya, where he is charged in the killing of Agnes Wanjiru, who was last seen leaving a hotel bar with British soldiers in the town of Nanyuki, near a British army training ground.

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