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September 22, 2025
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Murdered Kenyan’s friends want UK soldier to face justice

Murdered Kenyan’s friends want UK soldier to face justice

On the night she went missing on 31 March 2012, Agnes begged her childhood friends Friend A and Friend B to come out with her. - Kenya breaking news | Kenya news today | Capitalfm.co.ke..

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A Kenyan court has issued an arrest warrant for a UK national suspected of murdering Agnes Wanjiru, a 21-year-old Kenyan mother, over a decade ago. If extradited, it would mark the first time a serving or former British soldier is sent abroad to face trial for the murder of a civilian, a development her friends and family welcome.

  • Agnes Wanjiru's body was discovered in a septic tank near the Lions Court Hotel in Nanyuki, Kenya, nearly three months after she went missing on March 31, 2012.
  • A 2019 inquest concluded she was murdered by one or two British soldiers, with allegations of a cover-up within the British Army.
  • The UK Defence Secretary, John Healey, met Agnes's family in April of this year, pledging the British government's commitment to "help them secure the justice they deserve."

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