A MAN wanted by Kenyan authorities in connection with an alleged murder in 2012 has been arrested by the National Crime Agency (NCA).

Former British soldier Robert James Purkiss, 38, was apprehended in Tidworth, on November 6 by specialist officers from the NCA’s National Extradition Unit after a warrant was issued in September.

He appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court last Friday (November 7) for extradition proceedings to begin. He was remanded into custody until his next appearance at the same court this Friday (November 14).

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According to the BBC, Purkiss was arrested in connection with the killing of 21-year-old Agnes Wanjiru – and his lawyers “vehemently denies” murder.

The body of Ms Wanjiru’s was reportedly found in a septic tank near a hotel close to a British army training camp in the town of Nanyuki, three months after she had gone missing in March 2012.

Purkiss told the court that he intends contest the extradition.