Kenya’s high court issues arrest warrant for British national

A Kenyan Excessive Court docket has issued an arrest warrant for a British nationwide suspected of murdering a 21-year-old girl greater than a decade in the past.Agnes Wanjiru was killed in March 2012 and her physique later present in a septic tank of a lodge within the central garrison city of Nanyuki practically three months after she had allegedly spent a night partying with British troopers.Justice Alexander Muteti stated prosecutors had offered ample proof to request that the suspect seem earlier than a Kenyan court docket for trial.The lawyer representing Ms Wanjiru’s household advised the BBC the ruling paved the way in which for proceedings to start out for the suspect’s extradition from the UK.The decide additional directed that the identities of the accused and witnesses not be revealed.The UK’s Ministry of Defence has beforehand stated it’s co-operating with a Kenyan investigation into the case, which has brought on outrage within the East African nation.The household of Ms Wanjiru, who left behind a younger daughter, have lengthy been combating for justice.They dwell in Nanyuki, which is near the British Military Coaching Unit Kenya (Batuk) – some 200km (125 miles) north of the capital, Nairobi.