A former British soldier accused of the 2012 murder of a Kenyan woman who was found in a septic tank has insisted he is innocent and said he does not believe he ever met her.

Robert James Purkiss, 38, appeared in a London court earlier this month to declare he does not consent to his extradition to the African nation, after the Kenyan director of public prosecutions said he was wanted for the alleged “brutal” murder of 21-year-old Agnes Wanjiru.

In an alleged confession, Purkiss is said to have told a colleague “it was sex that went wrong”, Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard.

The court was also told that in 2018, Purkiss had allegedly responded with a “smiling face emoji” after a colleague posted a picture of himself outside the hotel in the town of Nanyuki with the comment “if you kn

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