Published on 29/11/2023
A court hearing opened in Nairobi on Wednesday into a lawsuit over the 2012 death of a young Kenyan mother who was last seen alive with a British soldier.
However, the hearing was almost immediately adjourned until May, prompting criticism from the victim’s family who has long sought justice over her killing.
The body of Agnes Wanjiru, 21, was found in a septic tank after she reportedly went out partying with British soldiers at a hotel in the central town of Nanyuki, where the British army has a permanent garrison.
In October 2021, Britain’s The Sunday Times newspaper reported that a soldier had confessed to his comrades to killing Wanjiru and showed them her body.
The report alleged that the murder was taken to military superiors, but no further action followed.
An investigation was opened in 2019 but no results have been made public.
Kenyan police announced it would reopen the inquiry after the Sunday Times revelations.
