The Defence Secretary, John Healey, has this present day met with the family of Agnes Wanjiru, a 21-year-feeble Kenyan woman who modified into once allegedly murdered by British soldiers bigger than 13 years ago.
The meeting comes because the Kenyan Director of Public Prosecutions has this present day confirmed Agnes’ case has been referred to senior prosecutors.
Agnes, a 21-year-feeble mother who lived stop to the Nanyuki harmful of BATUK, the British Military Unit in Kenya, modified into once allegedly murdered by British soldiers bigger than 13 years ago.
Her physique modified into once stumbled on in a septic tank at a hotel in the metropolis of Nanyuki in central Kenya almost three months after she had allegedly spent a night time with British soldiers.
Thus a long way, no one has been charged or prosecuted in relation to her demise despite a 2018 inquest undertaken in Kenya finding that Agnes modified into once murdered by British soldiers.
The Kenyan Director of Public Prosecutions has referred issues to senior prosecutors who will now behavior a comprehensive overview of the case.
Leigh Day represents the family of Agnes Wanjiru who had been buying for answers from the Ministry of Defence for a couple of years.
The family of Agnes Wanjiru acknowledged:
“We are grateful to the Secretary of State for Defence for meeting with us and hope that this would presumably designate the initiating build of the UK govt and Ministry of Defence taking motion to be obvious that that what occurred to Agnes is properly investigated and can also never occur again.
“Agnes’ demise has had a profound and devastating impact on our family. It modified into once no longer handiest the shock of shedding Agnes at one of these young age, nonetheless also the horrific conditions whereby her physique modified into once stumbled on and your complete trauma and fight our family has been assign by diagram of in searching to survey justice and accountability for her demise.
“We wish to see swift progress now that Agnes’ case has been referred to prosecutors and hope that justice can finally be delivered for our beloved Agnes.”
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Tessa Gregory, Accomplice at legislation company Leigh Day who represents the family acknowledged:
“There had been such well-known delays in concluding the Kenyan criminal investigation that our client has all nonetheless lost religion in the assignment and she calls upon the UK govt to develop everything in its energy to be obvious that that there are no longer any extra delays.
“The family are also concerned about the knock-on effects the delays in the Kenyan criminal investigation have had on the UK government’s own investigation into the British army’s role and alleged cover up of Agnes’ death. They do not understand how the Secretary of State can be sure that something like this will not happen again when steps have not yet been taken to investigate what has gone so terribly wrong. The family expect the UK Government to act now to ensure justice and accountability for Agnes’ death.”
