UK court denies bail to ex-soldier wanted in Kenya over 2012 killing

A former British soldier accused in the death of a young Kenyan mother more than a decade ago has been refused bail in London.

Robert James Purkiss, 38, from Tidworth in Wiltshire, appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court following his arrest on 6 November. Kenya is seeking his extradition over the killing of 21-year-old Agnes Wanjiru, who died near a British Army training camp in Nanyuki in 2012.

Prosecutors told the court that…