Sunday 19 June 2022 12:16 PM British soldier accused of fatally stabbing Kenyan prostitute Agnes Wanjiru, 21 ... trends now
Investigators into the stabbing of a Kenyan prostitute who was dumped in a septic tank have not interviewed key witnesses or arrested the alleged suspect, a British soldier, it's emerged.
Agnes Wanjiru, 21, was last seen alive with British troops at a hotel in Nanyuki in March 2012 before her mutilated body was found three months later near an army base.
General Mark Carleton-Smith, then head of the army, said in October 2021 he was 'determined' to support Kenyan local authorities to 'establish the facts as quickly as possible'.
But eight months on accused murderer Soldier X - who has been reportedly been named by fellow troops after he allegedly confessed to the killing - is said to be free and living in the south of England.
Soldiers who took part in the drunken and debauched night of group sex with local prostitutes said they were shown her body that evening by her alleged killer, it has previously been reported.
But key witnesses who were there on the night of Agnes' death, The Sunday Times reported today, have not been spoken to by military police.
There has also not been an investigation into eight service men - including Soldier X - 'laughing and joking on Facebook' about the mother-of-one's death, the paper reported.
Agnes Wanjiru (pictured), 21, a mother-of-one, was last seen alive with British troops at a hotel in Nanyuki in March 2012 before her mutilated body was found three months later near an army base
Last November, Kenyan police reopened their investigation into the murder of the young mother who was last seen with a British soldier at Lion's Court Lodge.
Agnes' body lay in the tank for two months before it was discovered, by which time the British troops had long since departed Kenya.
The UK sends six infantry battalions a year for eight-week exercises to the nearby Nanyuki army base.
The sex worker's family has been pushing for answers and claims British and Kenyan authorities have staged a cover-up to maintain diplomatic relations.
Members of Soldier X's regiment allege the name of her killer was an open secret, with five different soldiers identifying the same person to the Sunday Times.
But the British Army has never held an inquiry and none of those present on the night have been questioned by superiors.
An inquest was held in Kenya in 2019 in which a judge ruled the mother was 'murdered by British soldiers' but no subsequent action was taken by the army while police investigations has been opened by authorities in the Africa country.
The Minister of Defence (MoD) claims it cannot investigate as under a treaty with Kenya it must allow police there to do their job.
Soldier Y - who is also also from the Duke of Lancaster Regiment - told Lancashire police in October that the alleged murderer had shown him Agnes' body.
A general view of the main entrance of the Lion's Court Lodge where most of British soldiers go for entertainment after their trainings in Nanyuki
Sources at the MoD said last year Royal Military Police would interview Soldier Y for the Kenyan authorities but last week the MoD could not say whether this had taken place.
Another solider, was there that night, told the Times today: 'If I was conducting any investigation into a crime of this magnitude, these eight people [known to be there on the night] would be my priority.
'So for them not to even contact me is wrong. I know I can't help the case much, but it's extremely odd that they haven't even so much as phoned me.'
The Sunday Times also doorstepped the alleged killer - Solider X - at his home last week who told their reporter: 'Go away, go away, mate, go away.'
But Kenyan police did interview security guard Moses Moiyare, 45, from Nandugoro, Laikipia County, who first joined Lions Court Hotel staff in 2005.
He said at 3am on the night Agnes was killed he saw three soldiers in an 'extreme hurry to leave'.
'I went to the room they had occupied and found it in a mess. The door had four glass panes; all were smashed and scattered on the floor,' he added. 'The messiness was a sign that people were fighting inside.'
Soldier Y recalled last year Soldier X bursting into the bar where the other soldiers were partying and appeared visibly distressed, saying: 'Help me, help me.... I've killed her'.
He then escorted a group of them to the septic tank behind one of the hotel's lodges where he opened the lid and showed the young mother's body.
Soldier Y says he returned to the bar and told others about what he'd seen before the evening was cut short by RMP who turned up and scolded the soldiers for sneaking out of their base.
He claims that when he returned to camp, he told senior officers about what had happened at the hotel while Soldier X remained silent.
But no action was taken and neither he nor others present at the hotel were ever questioned by the army, he says.
He said last year: 'Everyone. All the lads, all the senior command that were there. I went to higher up, hierarchy, people that should have dealt with it. I got called a liar. They basically just said, 'Shut up and get out.''
Another in the regiment, Soldier Z, said Soldier X told colleagues he had killed Agnes by accident during sex after choking her.
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