Overview

• Julie Ward, a 28-year-old British wildlife photography assistant, was murdered in Kenya’s Masai Mara game reserve in 1988, with no charges ever brought.
• A handwritten witness statement, discovered in 2020 but only made public now, places Jonathan Moi at the scene of the crime, contradicting his long-standing denial.
• The statement had been locked in a London police safe for nine years, raising allegations of a cover-up by the Establishment to protect Moi and UK–Kenya relations.
• Julie Ward’s family, led by her brother Bob, is urging Scotland Yard to reopen the investigation, citing this newly revealed evidence as a significant lead.
• Scotland Yard has stated it will review any new information, though key materials like a campsite register allegedly signed by Moi remain missing.