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The British soldier accused of killing a Kenyan Woman, Agnes Wanjiru, in 2012 is a 38-year-old man originally from Greater Manchester and is still believed to be in the UK.
The man, who we will only identify as Robert, was stationed in the British Army Training Unit Kenya (BATUK) in Nanyuki during the gruesome murder of Wanjiru, is a father of two and now works as a home computer support technician near Salisbury.
New details show the soldier joined the British Army in 2006 and served as a medic in the Duke of Lancaster’s regiment. This is a traditional British Army unit that typically recruits from the Mersey to the Scottish border in northwest England.
Robert served in the Queen’s army for 10 years. During his time in the army, he served at Catterick Garrison in North Yorkshire and the Tidworth Barracks in Wiltshire and later moved to Weeton Barracks in Blackpool, all in the UK.
The late Agnes Wanjiru whose body was found in a Septic Tank in Nanyuki in 2012.
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While in the army, he was deployed on several missions in Afghanistan until 2012, and was sent to BATUK for warm-weather training.
Murder of Wanjiru
The body of the 21-year-old Wanjiru was found in a septic tank in April 2012, weeks after witnesses claimed that she was seen leaving a bar with the British soldier.
Wanjiru was found with multiple stab wounds, indicating a possible murder. In 2019, a Kenyan investigation revealed that Wanjiru had been murdered by one or several soldiers.
In 2021, one soldier from the Duke of Lancaster’s regiment came forward and revealed that the suspect had led him to where he had dumped Wanjiku’s body, confessing to the murder.
Despite the identity of the soldier remaining unknown for more than a decade, the British government previously assured Wanjiku’s family that it would provide the identity of the accused soldier.
Earlier this year, in April, the UK’s Defence Secretary, John Healey, visited Wanjiru’s family and assured them that the UK government would ensure that justice prevails in the case.
The case took a new turn last Tuesday when High Court Judge Alexander Muteti issued an arrest warrant and made the soldier’s details public.
The arrest warrant was issued after the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) informed the court that the suspect had been formally charged with murder but failed to attend court.
After the arrest warrant was issued, prosecutors said that they would initiate extradition proceedings so that the soldier could be brought back to Kenya by the UK government to stand trial.
If successful, the soldier will become the first British serviceman to be extradited to a foreign country for the murder of a civilian. Muteti slated the mention of the case on October 21, 2025, to confirm compliance.
Soldiers at the British Army Training Unit Kenya (BATUK) in Nanyuki on February 27, 2024.
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