Overview

• Defence Secretary John Healey met Esther Njoki in London and said the UK will do everything it can to support the Kenyan investigation.
• The meeting follows a decision by Kenya’s Director of Public Prosecutions that a British national should face trial over Wanjiru’s death.
• Njoki said a former British soldier has been charged and urged UK authorities to ensure his swift extradition to face trial in Kenya.
• Reporting named the suspect as former soldier Robert James Purkiss, with a Kenyan court ordering his arrest and a warrant issued.
• Tuesday’s meeting was only the second ministerial contact with the family since 2012, as the case stems from Wanjiru’s body being found in a septic tank near a British Army training base in Nanyuki.